Plant Profile: Calopogon tuberosus var. tuberosus

**Foliage:**
The plant features grass-like leaves that can grow up to 12 inches in length, emerging from the base.

**Flower:**
It produces fragrant lavender-pink flowers, measuring between 1 and 1.7 inches, which are arranged in spike-like clusters containing 2 to 10 blooms on stalks that lack leaves. The petals, characterized by yellow bearded lips, stand upright above five similar flowers.

**Habitat:**
This species thrives in various environments, including savannas, sandhill seeps, and floating peat mats, particularly found in the Piedmont and mountainous bog areas.