Orchidaceae

Tuberous grass pink

Calopogon tuberosus (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

Family: Orchidaceae
Genus: Calopogon

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Tuberous grass pink: Calopogon tuberosus — Photo: NC Orchid from North Carolina, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (3)

arz: جراب درنى
English: Tuberous grass pink, Tuberous grasspink, Grass pink orchid
Spanish: Limordium pulchellum, Tuberous Grass Pink

Synonyms

Bletia tuberosa (L.) Ames
Calopogon tuberosus var. latifolius Boivin
Cathea tuberosa (L.) Morong
Helleborine tuberosa (L.) Kuntze
Limodorum tuberosum L.

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native

Photos

Photo: NC Orchid from North Carolina, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Aaron Carlson from Menomonie, WI, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: New Jersey Pinelands Commission, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: wackybadger, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: wackybadger, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: wackybadger, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: wackybadger, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: wackybadger, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: wackybadger, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: wackybadger, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: wackybadger, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: wackybadger, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.