Dragon's mouth
Species of orchid
Dragon's mouth orchid | |
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Taken Pancake Bay, Ontario | |
Conservation status | |
![]() Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
Tribe: | Arethuseae |
Subtribe: | Arethusinae |
Genus: | Arethusa L. |
Species: | A. bulbosa |
Binomial name | |
Arethusa bulbosa L.[2] | |
Synonyms[3] | |
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Arethusa bulbosa, commonly called dragon's mouth orchid,[4] is the only species in the orchid genus Arethusa.[3] The genus is named after a naiad of Greek mythology.[5] This monotypic genus is abbreviated Aret in trade journals.
This terrestrial and rare orchid occurs in Eastern North America from Manitoba east to Newfoundland and St. Pierre & Miquelon south to Virginia, with isolated populations in northern Saskatchewan and in the Carolinas.[3][6][7] It occurs in bogs, swamps and other wet lowlands. It grows to a height of 15 cm. It forms a large, single, pink terminal flower, with a showy lip and white and yellow fringed crests.[2]
Gallery
- Western Brook Pond Trail, Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland and Labrador
- Drawing from Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. (1913). Illustrated flora of the northern states and Canada.
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References
- ^ Maiz-Tome, L. (2017). "Arethusa bulbosa". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 208. IUCN. e.T64264102A67728533. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T64264102A67728533.en.
- ^ a b Justice, William S.; Bell, C. Ritchie; Lindsey, Anne H. (2005). Wild Flowers of North Carolina (2. printing. ed.). Chapel Hill, NC: Univ. of North Carolina Press. p. 52. ISBN 0807855979.
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Arethusa bulbosa
- ^ Voitk, A & M. (2006). Orchids on the Rock: The Orchids of Newfoundland. Rocky Harbour, NL: Gros Morne Co-operating Association.
- ^ University of Wisconsin, Orchids of Wisconsin, Arethusa bulbosa
- ^ Flora of North America v 26 p 597, Arethusa bulbosa
- ^ "Arethusa bulbosa". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
External links
- Go Botany, New England Wildflower Society
- Wildflowers of Connecticut, Connecticut Botanical Society Archived 2013-05-31 at the Wayback Machine
- Minnesota Wildflowers
- Izel, Native Plants for Your Garden
- Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas