North Carolina Wildflowers

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Orchidaceae>Calopogon

Bearded Grasspink (Calopogon barbatus) Bearded Grasspink (Calopogon barbatus)
Pender Co., NC 23 Apr 2006

An uncommon to rare plant of pine savannahs & meadows of the southeast coastal plain in NC.

Bearded Grasspink (Calopogon barbatus) Bearded Grasspink (Calopogon barbatus)
Pender Co., NC 23 Apr 2006

Common Grasspink (Calopogon tuberosus) Common Grasspink (Calopogon tuberosus)
Alleghany Co., NC 1 July 2006

An uncommon to rare plant of pine savannahs & meadows of the coastal plain and mountain bogs in NC.

Common Grasspink (Calopogon tuberosus) Common Grasspink (Calopogon tuberosus)
Washington Co., ME
5 July 2011

Common Grasspink (Calopogon tuberosus) Common Grasspink (Calopogon tuberosus)
Washington Co., ME
5 July 2011

Common Grasspink (Calopogon tuberosus) Common Grasspink (Calopogon tuberosus)
Washington Co., ME
5 July 2011

Leaves are grass-like.

Common Grasspink (Calopogon tuberosus) Common Grasspink (Calopogon tuberosus)
Washington Co., ME
5 July 2011


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Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.


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