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Orchidaceae
Bletia

Bletia purpurea (Lamarck) A.P. de Candolle. Common name: Pine-pink, Purple Bletia. Phenology: Dec-May (-Nov). Habitat: Pine rocklands, wet pine flatwoods, wet Florida prairies, depression marshes, dome swamps, strand swamps, disturbed uplands. Distribution: Peninsular FL; West Indies; Mexico, Central America, and n. South America.

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ID notes: This is the only species of Bletia growing north of Miami-Dade county in FL. Bletia patula is only known from perhaps two populations in Everglades National Park and Bletia florida has only been anecdotally reported as a very infrequent garden escape near Homestead.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Bah, FNA26, K4, NS, POWO, S, S13, WH3, WI, Brown (2002), Luer (1972); Limodorum purpureum Lam. Basionym: Limodorum purpureum Lam. 1791

Links to other floras: = Bletia purpurea - FNA26

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC

Heliophily ⓘ: 8

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image of plant© Aidan Campos source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Bletia purpurea, Big Cypress National Preserve, Collier County, Florida 2 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Keith Bradley
image of plant© Jay Horn source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Jay Horn source

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