Calopogon tuberosus (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Orchidaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Lf linear, to 5 dm × 4 cm, long-sheathing; scape 3–7 dm, with a loose raceme of 3–15 fls; tep rose-purple, 15–25 mm, acute; lip 15–20 mm, with a narrow basal part, the summit broadly flabellate, rose purple, crested on its face with stout hairs tipped with magenta and yellow; winged terminal portion of the column suborbicular (when flattened out), with tapering base. Acid bogs and swamps; Nf. to Minn. and se. Man. s. to Fla., Tex. and Cuba. June, July. (C. pulchellus; Limodorum t.)