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Calopogon tuberosus (Simpson's grasspink; tuberous grasspink)

Synonyms: Bletia tuberosa (homotypic); Cathea tuberosa (homotypic); Helleborine tuberosa (homotypic); Limodorum tuberosum (heterotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Calopogon tuberosus, the tuberous grasspink, is an orchid native to eastern North America. In the United States it occurs from as far southwest as Texas and Oklahoma and southeast to the Florida Everglades to as far northeast as Maine and as far northwest as Minnesota. In Canada it is found all provinces from Newfoundland to Manitoba. It also is found in St. Pierre & Miquelon, Cuba and the Bahamas.
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Infraspecies

Calopogon tuberosus var. simpsonii (Simpson's grasspink) (Attributes)
Calopogon tuberosus var. tuberosus (tuberous grasspink) (Attributes)

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [1]  Herb

Protected Areas

Providers

Pollinated by 
Thymelicus lineola (European skipper)[2]
Toxomerus marginatus[2]

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0