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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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_arbu_001_lvd
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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).
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Jeff Ausmus jma_arebul4
May Roscommon County MI
Roscommon State Forest Area: Higgins Township
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Jeff Ausmus jma_arebul5
May Roscommon County MI
Roscommon State Forest Area: Higgins Township
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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).
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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).
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Jeff Ausmus jma_arebul3
June Roscommon County MI
Roscommon State Forest Area: Richfield Township
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Jeff Ausmus jma_arebul6
June Roscommon County MI
Roscommon State Forest Area: Higgins Township
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
2132
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Sphagnous bogs and seepage swamps, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas
Rare (historically in SC, but not recently seen)
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LEAVES:
Simple
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Magenta
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical
3 sepals, two lateral and one dorsal
3 petals, the two lateral similar and a third (the lip) enlarged
stamens and pistil fused together into a column
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p331
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p052
- Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005) p006
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p022