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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]] [[el:Αρέθουσα (Βοτανική)]] [[es:Arethusa]] [[fr:Arethusa bulbosa]] [[nl:Arethusa (plant)]] [[pt:Arethusa]] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Arethusa_bulbosa%2C_Black_Fen.jpg

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