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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cypripedium parviflorum var. parviflorum
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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Learn more about Cypripedium from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cypripedium parviflorum var. parviflorum
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cypripedium parviflorum var. parviflorum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Cypripedium parviflorum var. parviflorum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Cypripedium parviflorum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Steyermark's Flora of Missouri (Yatskievych, 1999)
Cypripedium calceolus var. parviflorum
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-01-002?:
Cypripedium calceolus var. pubescens FAMILY Orchidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Cypripedium calceolus var. parviflorum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cypripedium 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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_parviflorum_10
April
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Ben Geer Keys bgk427_b
May
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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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cypripedium parviflorum var. parviflorum
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cypripedium parviflorum var. parviflorum
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cypripedium parviflorum var. parviflorum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Cypripedium parviflorum var. parviflorum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Cypripedium parviflorum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Steyermark's Flora of Missouri (Yatskievych, 1999)
Cypripedium calceolus var. parviflorum
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-01-002?:
Cypripedium calceolus var. pubescens
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Cypripedium calceolus var. parviflorum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cypripedium parviflorum
2724
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Mesic forests, seepy forests over amphibolite, other habitats, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow
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
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p115
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p220
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p174
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p399
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p393
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p451
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p022
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