Rose Pogonia
Pogonia ophioglossoides
Rose pogonia holds a single pink flower over a single leaf, the lip bearded with yellow bristles and the whole thing faintly scented of raspberries. It runs on slender stolons and forms drifts in open sphagnum where nothing shades it.
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–2 ft
- Spacing
- 2–3 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- neutral
- Bloom
- May, June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- pink, purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV