North Carolina Wildflowers

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Orchidaceae > Dragon's Mouth, Bog-rose (Arethusa)

Dragon's Mouth, Bog-rose (Arethusa bulbosa) Dragon's Mouth, Bog-rose (Arethusa bulbosa)
Washington Co., ME
8 July 2011

Very rare in the NC mountains, this orchid is more common (but still not common) in the northern US & southern Canada

Dragon's Mouth, Bog-rose (Arethusa bulbosa) Dragon's Mouth, Bog-rose (Arethusa bulbosa)
Washington Co., ME
8 July 2011

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Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.


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