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Calopogon multiflorus
Also called Many Flowered Grasspink, Manyflower Grasspink
Calopogon multiflorus, the many-flowered grass-pink, is a species of orchid. It is a perennial forb that requires recurring ground fires to maintain its habitat. It falls under the genus Calopogon, meaning "beautiful beard" in Greek, referring to the stamen-like bristles or beard on the lip.
Calopogon multiflorus is distributed throughout southeastern United States. It can be found mainly in Florida and also Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, North Carolina, and South Carolina. This species has become imperiled or critically imperiled throughout its range and is possibly extirpated from Georgia according to NatureServe.
Bearded grass-pink · Oklahoma grasspink · Pale grass-pink · Tuberous grass pink · Grasspink
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Calopogon multiflorus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
