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§1 Plant

Cyclopogon elatus (Sw.) Schltr.

vernacular tall ladies'-tresses — species · Orchidaceae

USDA
CYEL6
GBIF
2807711
Rank
species
tall ladies'-tresses (Cyclopogon elatus)
Platephotograph · Martin ArreguiCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Perennial
Group
Monocot
Family
Orchidaceae Juss.
Genus
Cyclopogon
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
  • PR Puerto Rico Native
  • VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
§2b

County-level range

· 2 counties across 1 state
Legend Native · 2 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 2 counties across 1 state.

Florida view state ↗ 2 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/CYEL6 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2807711 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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