Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Cleistesiopsis bifaria
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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Learn more about Cleistesiopsis from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cleistes bifaria
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-08-001?:
Cleistes divaricata
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Cleistes divaricata var. bifaria
COMMON NAME:
Appalachian Small Spreading Pogonia, Smaller Rosebud Orchid, Upland Spreading Pogonia
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Diane Creaton dmc_052415_073
May Pickens County SC
The protruding lip has purple markings and a blotch of yellow bristles, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
Jim Fowler jafcleiste_single2050521
May Brunswick County NC
Green Swamp
Narrow mahogany-colored sepals stretch upward, are about as long as petals, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
JK Marlow jkm160531_023
May Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
A solitary leaf about halfway up the stem & one leaf bract at ovary base, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Cleistesiopsis bifaria
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cleistes bifaria
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-08-001?:
Cleistes divaricata
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Cleistes divaricata var. bifaria