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Cleistesiopsis divaricata (Linnaeus) Pansarin & F. Barros. Common name: Large Dragonhead Pogonia. Phenology: May-mid Jun. Habitat: Pine savannas, Coastal Plain seepage bogs. Distribution: S. NJ to sw. GA and ne. FL, in the Coastal Plain; reports from more inland (non Coastal Plain) areas are based on a taxonomic concept of C. divaricata including C. bifaria, and reports from the East Gulf Coastal Plain (west of ne. FL) are based on C. oricamporum.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, NS, POWO, Va, Pansarin & Brown (2009), Pansarin & de Barros (2008); Arethusa divaricata L. = Cleistes divaricata (L.) Ames — FNA26, Catling & Gregg (1992), Gregg (1991); = Cleistes divaricata (L.) Ames var. divaricata — F; = Pogonia divaricata (L.) R.Br. — WH3; < Cleistes divaricata (L.) Ames — C, G, GW1, RAB, S, Tat, W, Correll (1950), Luer (1975); < Pogonia divaricata (L.) R.Br. — S13. Basionym: Arethusa divaricata L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Cleistes divaricata - FNA26

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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