NameThatPlant.net: Calopogon barbatus

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

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

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
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

Habitat: pine savannas, sandhill seeps, pitcher plant bogs, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in GA Coastal Plain, rare in Carolinas

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple

FLOWER:
Winter/SpringFall
Rose-pink (rarely white)
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
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer?
Capsule

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