WorldFloraDB - Arethusa

Characteristics

Sep and lateral pet similar, united at base, erect or arched-ascending over the column; lip ascending at base, thence curved forward and decurved at the widened summit, crested on the face with 3 fimbriate ridges; column erect, petaloid, dilated at the summit; anther subterminal, with 4 pollinia; cormose perennial, the scape with 1–3 loose blunt bracts toward the base; lf 1, grass-like, arising after anthesis from within the upper bract. 2, the other Japanese.

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Herbs, perennial. Roots few, slender, fleshy. Stems scapose, at base a bulbous corm. Leaves solitary, basal; blade subtended by 2–3 tubular sheaths, obscurely plicate, linear-lanceolate, developing during and after anthesis. Inflorescences terminal; floral bracts minute. Flowers solitary (rarely 2), resupinate, erect, showy; anther with pair of soft yellow-green pollinia; stigma emergent, with free lateral lobes. Fruits capsules, erect.

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Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30003093-2
WFO ID	wfo-4000002965
COL ID	8VR3K
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	761845
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)	Link

Synonyms

Arethusa

Lower taxons

Arethusa bulbosa

WorldFloraDB 2024

Arethusa L.

Dragon's mouth (en), Aréthuse bulbeuse (fr)

Genus

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae