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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Dragon's Mouth
| image = Arethusa bulbosa, Black Fen.jpg
| image_width = 200px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Epidendroideae]]
| tribus = [[Arethusae]]
| subtribus = [[Arethusinae]]
| genus = '''''Arethusa'''''
| genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
| species = '''''A. bulbosa'''''
| binomial = ''Arethusa bulbosa''
| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
}}

'''''Arethusa bulbosa''''', or '''dragons mouth''',  is the only [[species]] in the [[orchid]] [[genus]] '''''Arethusa'''''. The genus is named after a [[naiad]] of [[Greek mythology]].

[[Image:Arethusa-bulbosa1.web.jpg|thumb|left|200px|drawing from Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913.<br /> Illustrated flora of the northern states and Canada.]]

This terrestrial and very rare orchid occurs in the temperate regions of North America, mainly in Eastern Canada and Eastern USA. It occurs in [[bog]]s, [[swamp]]s and other lowland humid places. 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.

[[Image:Arethusa.web.jpg|thumb|right|Dragon's mouth]]

[[Category:Flora of Canada]]
[[Category:Orchid genera]]
[[Category:Orchid species]]

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[[es:Arethusa]]
[[fr:Arethusa bulbosa]]
[[nl:Arethusa (plant)]]
[[pt:Arethusa]]


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