Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Cypripedium candidum
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cypripedium candidum
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
COMMON NAME:
White Lady's Slipper
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cyca5_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_cyca5_007_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Cypripedium candidum
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cypripedium candidum
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
2294
Forb
Perennial
Native: north of the Carolinas
Documented growing wild in - - -
Rare
Look for it in calcareous barrens and bluffs, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical
3 sepals, two lateral and one dorsal
3 petals, the two lateral similar and a third (the lip) enlarged
stamens and pistil fused together into a column
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Capsule
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