The showy Rose Pogonia (Pogonia ophioglossoides) may be found in wet flatwoods and pitcherplant savannas in the eastern United States. One or two pink flowers, which some say have a hint of raspberry fragrance, top a short stem with a single clasping leaf. The similarity of this leaf to that of the Adder’s-Tongue Fern (Ophioglossum sp.) clarifies the mystery of its species name which means resembling a snake’s tongue. Pogonia, Latin for beard, refers to the fringes on the orchid’s lip.
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