Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Learn more about Cypripedium from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

(?) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cypripedium parviflorum var. parviflorum   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Cypripedium parviflorum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-01-002?:
Cypripedium calceolus var. pubescens   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Cypripedium calceolus var. parviflorum

COMMON NAME:
Small Yellow Lady's Slipper

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_c_parviflorium_2

April    Gilmer-Murray Counties    GA

Leaves alternate, usually 3, mostly sheathing, pleated, hairy, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_c_parviflorum_10

April        

Ben Geer Keys    bgk427_b

May        

Keith Bradley    kab_c_parviflorum_7666

May    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

Lateral petals & sepals dark reddish-brown, yellow pouch less than 1" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Cypripedium parviflorum var. parviflorum   FAMILY Orchidaceae

(?) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cypripedium parviflorum var. parviflorum   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Cypripedium parviflorum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-01-002?:
Cypripedium calceolus var. pubescens   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Cypripedium calceolus var. parviflorum