Pogonia ophioglossoides
Bot. Reg. 2: plate 148. 1816.
Plants 4–70 cm. Leaves: blade elliptic, narrowly lanceolate, lance-ovate, or oblong, 14–120 × 4–32 mm. Inflorescences: floral bracts conspicuous, foliaceous, 7–37 × 2–12 mm. Flowers solitary or 2-flowered raceme, pink or rarely white or bluish, gaping, showy; sepals oblong, oblong-elliptic, or narrowly lanceolate, 14–23 × 3–7 mm; petals elliptic to lance-obovate, 13–25 × 3–11 mm; lip spatulate, 12–25 × 4–10 mm, margins involute, lacerate; crest often white, yellow, or green toward base. Capsules erect, ellipsoid, 14–30 × 4–8 mm. 2n = 18.
Phenology: Flowering spring–summer.
Habitat: Sphagnum bogs, poor fens, moist acidic sandy meadows and prairies, open wet woods, wet pine flatwoods, pine savannas, cypress swamps, sandy-peaty stream banks, seepage slopes, ditches, roadcuts, rarely calcareous fens
Elevation: 0–1100 m
Distribution
St. Pierre and Miquelon, Man., N.B., Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.), N.S., Ont., P.E.I., Que., Ala., Ark., Conn., Del., D.C., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., La., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Miss., Mo., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., N.Dak., Ohio, Okla., Pa., R.I., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Vt., Va., W.Va., Wis.
Discussion
Selected References
None.