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Orchidaceae
Calopogon

not marked as a favorite taxon Calopogon barbatus (Walter) Ames. Common name: Bearded Grass-pink. Phenology: (Late Nov-) Jan-early May. Habitat: Pine savannas, sandhill seeps, pitcher plant bogs. Distribution: A Southeastern Coastal Plain endemic: se. NC south to s. FL and west to e. LA.

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Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA26, GW1, K4, NcTx, NS, POWO, RAB, Tx, WH3, Correll (1950), Goldman, van den Berg, & Griffith (2004), Luer (1975), Trapnell, Hamrick, & Giannasi (2004); = Limodorum graminifolium (Elliott) Small — S13; = Limodorum parviflorum (Lindl.) Nash — S; Ophrys barbata Walter. Basionym: Ophrys barbata Walter 1788

Links to other floras: = Calopogon barbatus - FNA26

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW

Heliophily ⓘ: 8

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image #1 of Calopogon barbatus© Floyd A. Griffith | Original Image ⭷
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image #7 of Calopogon barbatus© Alan Cressler: Calopogon barbatus, Francis Marion National Forest, Berkeley County, South Carolina 4 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #8 of Calopogon barbatus© Alan Cressler: Calopogon barbatus, near WBF Pond, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, Wakulla County, Florida 2 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #10 of Calopogon barbatus© Floyd A. Griffith
image #11 of Calopogon barbatus© Bruce Sorrie | Original Image ⭷

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect perennial of pine savannas, sandhill seeps and pitcher plant bogs.

Stems: Stems slender, smooth.

Leaves: Leaves 1-2, basal, erect, linear, to 8 in. long, folded lengthwise.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers (3-7) in a terminal raceme, most opening simultaneously; dark pink (rarely white), about 1 in. wide, bilaterally symmetric, consisting of 3 spreading sharp-tipped sepals, 2 spreading blunt-tipped petals, an erect T-shaped lip petal bearing a crest of golden hairs, and a protruding, spoon-shaped column holding the reproductive parts.

Fruits: Fruit an erect, ellipsoid capsule.

Comments: Flowers not fragrant; plants up to 1 ft. tall while flowering but grow taller in fruit.

Height: 1-2 ft.

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description: Erect perennial of pine savannas, sandhill seeps and pitcher plant bogs.

stems: Stems slender, smooth.

leaves: Leaves 1-2, basal, erect, linear, to 8 in. long, folded lengthwise.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers (3-7) in a terminal raceme, most opening simultaneously; dark pink (rarely white), about 1 in. wide, bilaterally symmetric, consisting of 3 spreading sharp-tipped sepals, 2 spreading blunt-tipped petals, an erect T-shaped lip petal bearing a crest of golden hairs, and a protruding, spoon-shaped column holding the reproductive parts.

fruits: Fruit an erect, ellipsoid capsule.

comments: Flowers not fragrant; plants up to 1 ft. tall while flowering but grow taller in fruit.

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