OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



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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image of Cypripedium parviflorum var. parviflorum, Small Yellow Lady's Slipper

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).

image of Cypripedium parviflorum var. parviflorum, Small Yellow Lady's Slipper

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_c_parviflorum_10

April        

image of Cypripedium parviflorum var. parviflorum, Small Yellow Lady's Slipper

Ben Geer Keys    bgk427_b

May        

image of Cypripedium parviflorum var. parviflorum, Small Yellow Lady's Slipper

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2724

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Mesic forests, seepy forests over amphibolite, other habitats, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Rare

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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

 

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