Pogonia

Jussieu

Gen. Pl., 65. 1789.

Common names: Beard-flower
Etymology: Greek pogonias, bearded, alluding to bearded lip
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 513. Mentioned on page 498, 511.
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Herbs, perennial, terrestrial, rather succulent. Roots few, scattered along slender rootstock producing shoots at wide intervals, slender, fibrous. Stems slender, solitary leaves inserted toward middle. Leaves ascending; blade fleshy-leathery. Inflorescences terminal, solitary flower or 2-flowered racemes; floral bracts foliaceous, prominent. Flowers resupinate, showy; lip bearing prominent adaxial fleshy crests divided into distinct cylindric processes, margins laciniate; pollinia 2, viscidia absent; stigma flat. Fruits capsules.

Distribution

Temperate regions, North America, e Asia.

Discussion

Species 3 (1 in the flora).