North Carolina Wildflowers

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Orchidaceae>Pogonia
	Rose Pogonia (Pogonia ophioglossoides) Johnston Co., NC 29 May 2005 Uncommon in the NC coastal plain (rare in the piedmont and mountains), this orchid is generally found in bog, seepage, or wet savannah habitats.
	Rose Pogonia (Pogonia ophioglossoides) Alleghany Co., NC 1 July 2006
	Rose Pogonia (Pogonia ophioglossoides) Alleghany Co., NC 1 July 2006
	Rose Pogonia (Pogonia ophioglossoides) Alleghany Co., NC 1 July 2006

	Rose Pogonia (Pogonia ophioglossoides) Longleaf Pine Savanna in Brunswick Co., NC 18 May 2008
	Rose Pogonia (Pogonia ophioglossoides) Longleaf Pine Savanna in Brunswick Co., NC 18 May 2008 Rose Pogonia flowers are usually solitary. Rarely two or more flowers are found on a single stalk.

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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.