2146

Forb
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare elsewhere

Look for it in savannas, bogs, esp in open peaty or gravely situations, per Weakley's Flora

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...Wet ...Moist

LEAVES:
Simple

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rose/White
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical
3 sepals, two lateral and one dorsal
3 petals, the two lateral similar and a third (the lip) enlarged
stamens and pistil fused together into a column
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p099
• Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p309
• Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p117
• Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p177
• Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p051
• Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History p154
• Wildflowers of Tennessee p404
• Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p022
• Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p204

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Pogonia ophioglossoides   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pogonia ophioglossoides   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Pogonia ophioglossoides

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-07-001:
Pogonia ophioglossoides   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Pogonia ophioglossoides