Cypripedium parviflorum

Cypripedium parviflorum
Cypripedium parviflorum var. makasin
Mackinac Island, Michigan

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Cypripedioideae
Genus: Cypripedium
Species:
C. parviflorum
Binomial name
Cypripedium parviflorum
Salisb.
Synonyms[3]
  • Cypripedium luteum var. parviflorum (Salisb.) Raf.
  • Criosanthes parviflora (Salisb.) Raf.
  • Calceolus parviflorus (Salisb.) Nieuwl.
  • Cypripedium calceolus var. parviflorum (Salisb.) Fernald
  • Cypripedium hirsutum var. parviflorum (Salisb.) Rolfe
  • Cypripedium bulbosum var. parviflorum (Salisb.) Farw.
  • Cypripedium calceolus subsp. parviflorum (Salisb.) Hultén

Cypripedium parviflorum, commonly known as yellow lady's slipper[4] or moccasin flower,[5] is a lady's slipper orchid native to North America.[3] It is widespread, ranging from Alaska south to Arizona and Georgia.[6] It grows in fens, wetlands, shorelines, and damp woodlands.[7]

  1. ^ Arditti, J., Michaud, J.D. and Healey, P.L. 1979. Morphometry of orchid seeds. I. Paphiopedilum and native California and related species of Cyprideum. American Journal of Botany 66(10): 1128.
  2. ^ Arditti, J., J. D. Michaud and P. L. Healey. 1979. Morphometry of orchid seeds. I. PAPHIOPEDILUM and native California and related species of CYPRIPEDIUM. American Journal of Botany 66(10):1128-1137.
  3. ^ a b "Cypripedium parviflorum". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  4. ^ "Cypripedium parviflorum". Go Botany. New England Wildflower Society.
  5. ^ Voitk, Andrus; Voitk, Maria (2006). Orchids on the Rock: The Orchids of Newfoundland. Rocky Harbour, NL: Gros Morne Co-operating Association.
  6. ^ "Cypripedium parviflorum distribution map". Flora of North America.
  7. ^ "Burke Herbarium Image Collection". biology.burke.washington.edu. Retrieved 2022-07-15.