Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
You may enjoy reading Orchids of the Francis Marion National Forest by Jim Fowler.
Learn more about Rose Pogonia from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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
COMMON NAME:
Rose Pogonia, Snakemouth Orchid, Beardflower, Addermouth
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Douglas Houck dhk_4264
May Aiken County SC
Aiken State Park
"ophioglossoides" refers to Adder's Tongue Fern, also with a solitary leaf, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
Douglas Houck dhk_4296
May Aiken County SC
Aiken State Park
A single flower grows at the summit of the stem from a leafy bract, fragrant, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
Douglas Houck dhk_4310
May Aiken County SC
Aiken State Park
Sepals and petals usually pink, the lip tipped with deep purplish magenta, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.