NameThatPlant.net: Cypripedium kentuckiense

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cypripedium kentuckiense FAMILY Orchidaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cypripedium kentuckiense FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Cypripedium kentuckiense

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Cypripedium kentuckiense

INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Cypripedium calceolus var. pubescens

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Cypripedium pubescens

COMMON NAME:
Kentucky Yellow Lady's Slipper

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image of Cypripedium kentuckiense, Kentucky Yellow Lady's Slipper

Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_kentuckiense

May

Purple-brown sepals & twisted petals; the lip a creamy to dull yellow pouch, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cypripedium kentuckiense FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cypripedium kentuckiense FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cypripedium kentuckiense

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Cypripedium kentuckiense

INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Cypripedium calceolus var. pubescens

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cypripedium pubescens

3630

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Sandy ravine bottoms and springhead seeps along small streams, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple

FLOWER:
Spring
Cream/ Pale yellow
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:
Summer
Capsule

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