Cypripedium parviflorum
| Yellow lady's slipper Mocassin flower Hairy yellow ladyslipper | |
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| Cypripedium parviflorum var. makasin Mackinac Island, Michigan | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cypripedioideae |
| Tribe: | Cypripedieae |
| Subtribe: | Cypripediinae |
| Genus: | Cypripedium |
| Species: | C. parviflorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb. | |
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Cypripedium parviflorum, commonly known as yellow lady's slipper, moccasin flower,[2] or hairy yellow ladyslipper[3] is a lady's slipper orchid found in North America.[1]
Varieties
Four varieties are widely recognized:[1]
- Cypripedium parviflorum var. exiliens Sheviak - Alaska
- Cypripedium parviflorum var. makasin (Farwell) Sheviak - widely distributed over much of Canada and the northern United States
- Cypripedium parviflorum var. parviflorum - southern part of the species range, from eastern Nebraska and eastern Oklahoma east to Virginia and New Hampshire
- Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (Willdenow) O. W. Knight - very widespread across much of United States, Canada, and St. Pierre & Miquelon - treated by many authors as a distinct species, Cypripedium pubescens
Greater yellow lady's-slipper, var. pubescens Port au Choix, Newfoundland and Labrador
References
- 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Voitk, A & M. (2006) Orchids on the Rock: The Orchids of Newfoundland, Rocky Harbour, NL: Gros Morne Co-operating Association.
- ↑ Cypripedium parviflorum, Digital Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador
External links
Data related to Cypripedium parviflorum at Wikispecies- USDA Plants Profile for Cypripedium parviflorum (lesser yellow lady's slipper)
- Cypripedium parviflorum in Flora of North America @ efloras.org
- Distribution map
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