Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Arethusa bulbosa
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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Learn more about Arethusa from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
The lanceolate, plicate leaf (15-30cm long, 2-4mm wide) develops after flowering, the flowering plant thus consisting (aboveground) of the solitary scape only, per Weakley's Flora (2022)
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arethusa bulbosa
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Arethusa bulbosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Arethusa bulbosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-09-001:
Arethusa bulbosa FAMILY Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Arethusa bulbosa
COMMON NAME:
Bog-rose, Dragon's-mouth, Arethusa
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Jeff Ausmus jma_arebul
May Roscommon County MI
Roscommon State Forest Area: Richfield Township
Lip usually white or pink with deep purple markings & a yellow-orange area, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).
Jim Fowler jafarethusa_group040615
June ME
Petals and sepals generally point upward; lip curls downward like a tongue, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).
Jim Fowler jafarethusa_single040615
June ME
Flowers solitary & scapose, the lip descending, the other 2 petals & 3 sepals erect or ascending, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Arethusa bulbosa
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arethusa bulbosa
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Arethusa bulbosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Arethusa bulbosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-09-001:
Arethusa bulbosa
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Arethusa bulbosa