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.
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)
Links to other floras: = Calopogon barbatus - FNA26
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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Horticultural Information
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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