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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens
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. pubescens
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Cypripedium pubescens
SYNONYMOUS WITH Steyermark's Flora of Missouri (Yatskievych, 1999)
Cypripedium calceolus var. pubescens
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-01-002:
Cypripedium calceolus var. pubescens FAMILY Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cypripedium pubescens
COMMON NAME:
Large Yellow Lady's Slipper
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JK Marlow jkm120421_255
April Hendersonvlle County NC
Holmes Educational Forest
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JK Marlow jkm120421_274
April Hendersonvlle County NC
Holmes Educational Forest
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JK Marlow jkm120421_282
April Hendersonvlle County NC
Holmes Educational Forest
Fruit an ellipsoid capsule 1.0-1.5" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm120421_291
April Hendersonvlle County NC
Holmes Educational Forest
Sepals and twisted petals are greenish-yellow, spreading, and lance-shaped, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm120421_301
April Hendersonvlle County NC
Holmes Educational Forest
Leaves hairy, pleated, 4-8" long and half as wide, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm150423_624b
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
The lip forms the bright yellow pouch that is purple-spotted within, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm160421_335
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm160421_336
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm180427_1495
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm180427_1498
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Ben Geer Keys bgk427_c
May
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Kevin Adams kcacypripediumpubesc_w20
May NC-TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Sepals & lateral petals greenish-brown/brownish-yellow, pouch 1" or more, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Ron Lance rwl_cypr_pubescens
May Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
3-5 leaves, mostly sheathed, widely spaced on the stem, pleated, hairy, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Ben Geer Keys bgk427_a
May?
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Cypripedium pubescens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Steyermark's Flora of Missouri (Yatskievych, 1999)
Cypripedium calceolus var. pubescens
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-01-002:
Cypripedium calceolus var. pubescens
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cypripedium pubescens
427
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Rich mesic forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon
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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!
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p054
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p131
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p141
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p038?
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p115
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p174
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p045
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p399
- Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005) p052
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p393
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p452
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p358
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p022
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