Plants Profile for Calopogon tuberosus tuberosus (tuberous grasspink)

Image of Calopogon tuberosus var. tuberosus

General Information
Symbol:	CATUT
Group:	Monocot
Family:	Orchidaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	CAN N L48 N SPM N
Data Source and Documentation

About our new maps

	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

click on a thumbnail to view an image, or see all the Calopogon thumbnails at the Plants Gallery

©Thomas G. Barnes. Usage Requirements.

©Thomas G. Barnes. Barnes, T.G., and S.W. Francis. 2004. Wildflowers and ferns of Kentucky. University Press of Kentucky. Usage Requirements.

Clarence A. Rechenthin. Provided by USDA NRCS East Texas PMC (ETPMC). Usage Requirements.

©Jim Stasz. United States, NJ. Usage Requirements.

©Jim Stasz. United States, MD. Usage Requirements.

©Jim Stasz. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 563. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
CAPU23	Calopogon pulchellus R. Br.
CAPUL3	Calopogon pulchellus R. Br. var. latifolius (H. St. John) Fernald
CATUL	Calopogon tuberosus (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. var. latifolius (H. St. John) B. Boivin
LITU4	Limodorum tuberosum L.

Classification

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.

Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Liliidae
Order	Orchidales
Family	Orchidaceae – Orchid family
Genus	Calopogon R. Br. – grasspink
Species	Calopogon tuberosus (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. – tuberous grasspink
Variety	Calopogon tuberosus (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. var. tuberosus – tuberous grasspink

Subordinate Taxa

This plant has no children

Legal Status

Threatened and Endangered Information:
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.
Illinois grass pink orchid Endangered
Kentucky grass-pink Endangered
Maryland grass-pink Endangered
New York grass pink Exploitably Vulnerable
Rhode Island grass pink Special Concern

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status