Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cypripedium parviflorum var. parviflorum
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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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).
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
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