Cypripedium parviflorum

Yellow lady's slipper
Mocassin flower
Hairy yellow ladyslipper
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.
Synonyms[1]
  • Cypripedium luteum var. parviflorum (Salisb.) Raf.
  • Criosanthes parviflora (Salisb.) Raf.
  • Calceolus parviflorus (Salisb.) Nieuwl.
  • Cypripedium calceolus var. parviflorum (Salisb.) Fernald
  • Cypripedium hirsutum var. parviflorum (Salisb.) Rolfe
  • Cypripedium bulbosum var. parviflorum (Salisb.) Farw.
  • Cypripedium calceolus subsp. parviflorum (Salisb.) Hultén

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]

Greater yellow lady's-slipper, var. pubescens Port au Choix, Newfoundland and Labrador

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Voitk, A & M. (2006) Orchids on the Rock: The Orchids of Newfoundland, Rocky Harbour, NL: Gros Morne Co-operating Association.
  3. Cypripedium parviflorum, Digital Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador

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