Orchidaceae
Snakemouth orchid
Pogonia ophioglossoides
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Pogonia
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Snakemouth orchid
- French
- Pogonie langue-de-serpent
Synonyms
- Arethusa ophioglossoides L.
- Arethusa parviflora Michx.
- Pogonia ophioglossoides f. albiflora E.L.Rand & Redfield
- Pogonia ophioglossoides f. ophioglossoides
- Pogonia ophioglossoides var. brachypogon Fernald
- Pogonia ophioglossoides var. minor Makino
- Pogonia ophioglossoides var. ophioglossoides
- Pogonia pendula Lindl.
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: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jay Sturner from USA, CC BY 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 
Photo: wackybadger, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.