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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Orchidaceae
Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb.
yellow lady's-slipper
Cypripedium: incorrect Latinization of ancient Greek words meaning "Venus's shoe"
parviflorum: Latin for "small flower"
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial forb |
| Flower: | 6-parted; pouch yellow, often with purple veins; sepals usually twisted, green-yellow to purple-brown; inflorescence of 1 or 2 flowers; blooms May-June
usually twisted, green-yellow to purple-brown; arranged in
a 1-or 2- flowered cluster; blooms May-June |
| Leaf: | mostly surrounding the stem, oval |
| Notes: | C. p. var. pubescens. Native. Flower 2"-3 1/8", pouch 1 1/8"-2" long, found in dry to moderate moisture; deciduous forests.
C. p. var. makasin. Special Concern. Flower 1"-2", pouch ¾"-1 1/8" long; found in wet to moist conifer swamp, fens |
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