Cleistesiopsis divaricata (Linnaeus) Pansarin & F. Barros. Large Dragonhead Pogonia. Phen: May-mid Jun. Hab: Pine savannas, Coastal Plain seepage bogs. Dist: 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 ⓘ: = K3, K4, Va, Pansarin & Brown (2009), Pansarin & de Barros (2008); = 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, K1, RAB, S, Tat, W, Correll (1950), Luer (1975); < Pogonia divaricata (L.) R.Br. – S13
Links to other floras: = Cleistes divaricata - FNA26
Wetland Indicator Status:
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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