Many-flowered Grass-pink
Calopogon multiflorus
Found in moderately well-drained soils of wet pine savannas and wet pine flatwoods (often with Serenoa repens , within its distribution). Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Florida edition What its natural habitat tells you
Native to Florida. How scores work Is it native here?
Profile 94%
- Height
- Up to about 20 inches
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil moisture
- Moist to wet

Rare or protected plant. Specialist conservation planting; excluded from routine garden suggestions. Plant caution source
Hidden from default planting suggestions. Wildlife value and native status remain unchanged.
At a glance
- Life cycle
- Perennial
- Bloom
- March and May
Not yet recorded · Spread · Leaves
Recorded in 35 Florida counties.
Natural habitats
Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.
Flat, sandy Coastal Plain pine woodlands, wetter than sandhills and denser than savannas.
Open, fire-kept longleaf pine stands over grasses and wildflowers on wet to moist sandy soil.
Also found with this plant
Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in Florida. Shared habitat, not food. 232 animals.
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Common Ground-doveColumbina passerina
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- LimpkinAramus guarauna
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
- Northern ParulaParula americana
Who uses this plant?
1BeesSoutheastern regional records
Southeastern regional records · Calopogon
Individual names are not available yet.
Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects
Plant details
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Flower color
- Pink or purple
Growing sources and scope
- Bloom · “March to early May” · Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition · Carolinas and Georgia
- Flower color · “Pink or purple” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- Height · “Up to about 20 inches” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- Life cycle · “Perennial” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- Light · “Full sun (documented habitat)” · Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition · Carolinas and Georgia
- Soil · “Moist; Wet (documented habitat)” · Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition · Carolinas and Georgia
Also known as
Many flowered Grass pink
Conservation status
| Florida rank | S2S3 |
|---|---|
| Global rank | G2G3 |
| FL status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
Will it fit your yard?
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Sources
- Atlas of Florida Plants
- USDA PLANTS
- Vascular Plants of North Carolina (NC Natural Heritage Program)
- Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition
- NatureServe Explorer
- Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
- Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)
- Narango, Tallamy & Shropshire 2020, Few keystone plant genera support the majority of Lepidoptera species, Nature Communications

























