Calopogon oklahomensis, commonly known as the Oklahoma grass pink[1] or prairie grass pink, is a terrestrial species of orchid native to the United States. It is restricted to the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin. It is extirpated (locally extinct) throughout most of its range.[2] Calopogon oklahomensis is a perennial herb[3] with flowers that are white, pink or purple, with a labellum with an apical region of yellow hairs. Flowers bloom March to July.[2] Its habitats include coastal prairies, savannas, edges of bogs, and oak woodlands.[4] It was described by Douglas H. Goldman in 1995.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Arethuseae |
| Genus: | Calopogon |
| Species: | C. oklahomensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Calopogon oklahomensis | |
References
edit- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Calopogon oklahomensis". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
- ^ a b c Goldman, Douglas H.; Lawrence K. Magrath & Paul M. Catling (2002). "Calopogon oklahomensis". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 26. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2018-11-05 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
- ^ "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2022-02-27.