Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Calopogon multiflorus
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
You may enjoy reading Orchids of the Francis Marion National Forest by Jim Fowler.
Learn more about Many-flowered Grass-pink from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Calopogon multiflorus
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
COMMON NAME:
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.
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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.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Calopogon multiflorus
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Calopogon multiflorus
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
2051
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare, a Southeastern Coastal Plain endemic
Look for it in moderately well-drained soils of pine savannas and pine flatwoods (often with Serenoa repens), per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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:
Spring
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia p073
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p178
- Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History p016