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Adder's-Tongue Arethusa (now called _Pogonia_) flowers profusely, with a faint, delicious perfume, -- and its more elegant cousin, the Calopogon, by its side.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862 Various
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Sepals and petals similar, oval, acute; the lip on upper side of flower is broad at the summit, tapering into a claw, flexible as if hinged, densely bearded on its face with white, yellow, and magenta hairs (_Calopogon_ = beautiful beard).
Wild Flowers Worth Knowing Neltje Blanchan 1891
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Pogonia and other bog-loving relatives growing, the Calopogon usually outnumbers them all.
Wild Flowers Worth Knowing Neltje Blanchan 1891
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Can you picture to yourself such maidens, weaving in their golden tresses Symphoricarpus vulgaris, Tricochloa, Tradescantia, Calopogon?
Rural Hours 1887
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Goldman DH, Jansen RK, van den Berg C, Leitch IJ, Fay MF, et al. (2004) Molecular and cytological examination of Calopogon
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