Intro: Erect, stemless perennial, often forming dense patches in bogs; usually under dense shrubs in peaty soils, and in the VA Coastal Plain in acidic, sandy seepage swamps.

Stems: A stout, hollow, smooth flowering scape arises from a large basal rosette and elongates markedly in fruit.

Leaves: Leaves mostly basal, elongate-spoon-shaped or lance-shaped, 3 1/2-12 in. long, evergreen and glossy; leaves on the flowering scape are alternate and much reduced in size.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in a dense cylindrical-cone shaped raceme at top of scape, pink, about 1/4 in. wide, consisting of 6 tepals and 6 blue stamens, fragrant.

Fruits: Fruit a tiny, 3-lobed capsule.

Comments: A Federal threatened, rare plant.

Height: 1-2 ft. (taller with fruiting)

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description: Erect, stemless perennial, often forming dense patches in bogs; usually under dense shrubs in peaty soils, and in the VA Coastal Plain in acidic, sandy seepage swamps.

stems: A stout, hollow, smooth flowering scape arises from a large basal rosette and elongates markedly in fruit.

leaves: Leaves mostly basal, elongate-spoon-shaped or lance-shaped, 3 1/2-12 in. long, evergreen and glossy; leaves on the flowering scape are alternate and much reduced in size.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in a dense cylindrical-cone shaped raceme at top of scape, pink, about 1/4 in. wide, consisting of 6 tepals and 6 blue stamens, fragrant.

fruits: Fruit a tiny, 3-lobed capsule.

comments: A Federal threatened, rare plant.

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native range: eastern United States