OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cypripedium candidum   FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

Cypripedium candidum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)

Cypripedium candidum

 

COMMON NAME:
White Lady's Slipper


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image of Cypripedium candidum, White Lady's Slipper

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_cyca5_001_lvd

        

image of Cypripedium candidum, White Lady's Slipper

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_cyca5_007_lvd

        

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cypripedium candidum   FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Cypripedium candidum

 

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2294

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: calcareous barrens, bluffs, and fens, per Weakley's Flora

Native: north of the Carolinas

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LEAVES:
Simple

FLOWER:
Spring
White
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:
Summer
Capsule

 

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