Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Cypripedium acaule
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Cypripedium from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Jim Fowler recorded the growth of one plant in a series of photographs taken one week apart. You can see them here: A short story of Cypripedium acaule (Pink Lady’s-slipper orchid) in an upstate South Carolina Heritage Preserve
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cypripedium acaule
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-01-001:
Cypripedium acaule
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Fissipes acaulis
COMMON NAME:
Pink Lady's Slipper, Mocassin Flower
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JK Marlow jkm120403_425
April Henderson County NC
Holmes Educational Forest
Fruits are ellipsoid capsules 1.0-1.75" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
Ben Geer Keys bgk2294_a
May Transylvania County NC
Cypripedium acaule forma albiflorum (the rare white form).
Ben Geer Keys bgk426_b
May
To pollinate, insects enter thru a small vertical slit in the lip front, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
Wesley Burnett gwb070506_0469
May Gaston County NC
Redlair Farms
The inflated lower petal forms a moccasin-like pouch 1.5-2" long, per Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition.
Bill Sharpton gws_pinkladysslipper
May Pickens County SC
Clemson Forest
Stately pink flower with curled brown sepals at the top of a leafless stalk, per Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers.
JK Marlow jkm0405o_18
May Greenville County SC
Roadside
Our only Lady's Slipper without stem leaves, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide.
JK Marlow jkm110507_274
May Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Floral bract somewhat arched above flower, lanceolate, 4-5cm long, acuminate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm090711_013
July Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
Two large, strongly ribbed, basal leaves, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Cypripedium acaule
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cypripedium acaule
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-01-001:
Cypripedium acaule
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Fissipes acaulis