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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cypripedium candidum
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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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
Cypripedium candidum
COMMON NAME:
White Lady's Slipper
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cyca5_001_lvd
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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
Cypripedium candidum
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
Bisexual
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
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
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