WorldFloraDB - Arethusa bulbosa

Characteristics

Plants 2–40 cm. Leaves: blade 5–23 cm × 3–12 mm. Inflorescences: floral bracts 2, inconspicuous. Flowers pink to magenta, rarely white or bluish, gaping, large; sepals erect, narrowly oblanceolate to narrowly oblong, 20–55 × 3–9 mm; petals arcuate, 23–49 × 4–10 mm; lip obovate to oblong, arcuate to reflexed near middle, often obscurely 3-lobed, 19–35 ×10–19 mm; disc with crest of yellow lamellae and fleshy processes. Capsules erect, ovoid to ellipsoid, 15–25 mm. 2n = 40.

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Scape 1–3 dm; lf at maturity nearly equaling the scape, 2–4 mm wide; fls 3–6 cm high, subtended by a pair of small bracts; sep and pet lanceolate, magenta; lip pinkish-white, spotted and streaked with purple and yellow, about as long as the lateral pet. Sphagnum-bogs and swampy meadows, usually rare; Nf. to Minn., s. to N.J. and n. Ind., and in the mts. to N.C. and S.C. May, June

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

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Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

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Spread

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Mature width (meter)

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Mature height (meter)

0.02 - 0.4

Root system

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Rooting depth (meter)

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Root diameter (meter)

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Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

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Fruiting months

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Nitrogen fixer

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Photosynthetic pathway

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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	medicinal
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	Tumor (unspecified)
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Cultivation

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