NameThatPlant.net: Calopogon multiflorus

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Calopogon multiflorus FAMILY Orchidaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Calopogon multiflorus FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Calopogon multiflorus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Calopogon multiflorus

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Limodorum multiflorum

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Limodorum pinetorum

COMMON NAME:
Many-flowered Grass-pink

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image of Calopogon multiflorus, Many-flowered Grass-pink

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April Levy County FL

Goethe State Forest

Most of the 5-15 flowers open at about the same time, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).

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April Levy County FL

Goethe State Forest

Petals widest above the middle, with a narrow base and bluntly pointed tip, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007).

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Calopogon multiflorus FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Calopogon multiflorus FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Calopogon multiflorus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Calopogon multiflorus

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Limodorum multiflorum

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Limodorum pinetorum

2051

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Moderately well-drained soils of pine savannas and pine flatwoods (often with Serenoa repens, within its distribution), per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple

FLOWER:
Spring
Magenta-pink
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical
3 sepals, two lateral and one dorsal
3 petals, the two lateral similar and a third (the lip) enlarged
stamens and pistil fused together into a column
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer?
Capsule

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