Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Calopogon barbatus
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 Bearded Grass-pink from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Calopogon barbatus
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-10-001:
Calopogon barbatus
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
COMMON NAME:
Bearded Grass-pink
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JK Marlow jkm060423_040
April Charleston County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
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JK Marlow jkm060423_042
April Charleston County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
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Jim Fowler jafcob_0001
April-May Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Distinguished by cluster of 3-6 flowers all opening about the same time, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
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Jim Fowler jafcob_0002
April-May Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
The bright yellow bristles on the lip resemble stamens full of pollen, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Calopogon barbatus
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Calopogon barbatus
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-10-001:
Calopogon barbatus
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
2052
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon (rare in NC-SC), a Southeastern Coastal Plain endemic
Look for it in savannas, sandhill seeps, pitcher-plant bogs, 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
Rose-pink
(rarely white)
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!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p096
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p259
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p331
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p173
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p178
- Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History p012