Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Arethusa bulbosa
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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Learn more about Arethusa from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arethusa bulbosa
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-09-001:
Arethusa bulbosa
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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.
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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.
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Jim Fowler jafarethusa_single040615
June ME
Flowers solitary & scapose, the lip descending; other petals & sepals erect or ascending, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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Jeff Ausmus jma_arebul2
June Roscommon County MI
Roscommon State Forest Area: Richfield Township
Leaf solitary, developing as the capsule matures, grass-like, linear-lanceolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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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 (11/30/12):
Arethusa bulbosa
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arethusa bulbosa
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-09-001:
Arethusa bulbosa
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
2132
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas
Habitat: Sphagnous bogs and seepage swamps, per Weakley's Flora
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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 p331
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p052
- Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History p006
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p022