Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Cypripedium from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Cypripedium pubescens
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-01-002:
Cypripedium calceolus var. pubescens
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
COMMON NAME:
Large Yellow Lady's Slipper
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JK Marlow jkm120421_255
April Hendersonvlle County NC
Holmes Educational Forest
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JK Marlow jkm120421_274
April Hendersonvlle County NC
Holmes Educational Forest
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JK Marlow jkm120421_282
April Hendersonvlle County NC
Holmes Educational Forest
Fruit an ellipsoid capsule 1.0-1.5" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm120421_291
April Hendersonvlle County NC
Holmes Educational Forest
Sepals and twisted petals are greenish-yellow, spreading, and lance-shaped, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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JK Marlow jkm120421_301
April Hendersonvlle County NC
Holmes Educational Forest
Leaves hairy, pleated, 4-8" long and half as wide, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm150423_624b
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
The lip forms the bright yellow pouch that is purple-spotted within, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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JK Marlow jkm160421_335
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm160421_336
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm180427_1495
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm180427_1498
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Ben Geer Keys bgk427_c
May
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Kevin Adams kcacypripediumpubesc_w20
May NC-TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Sepals & lateral petals greenish-brown/brownish-yellow, pouch 1" or more, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Ron Lance rwl_cypr_pubescens
May Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
3-5 leaves, mostly sheathed, widely spaced on the stem, pleated, hairy, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Ben Geer Keys bgk427_a
May?
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
(?)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Cypripedium pubescens
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-01-002:
Cypripedium calceolus var. pubescens
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
427
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon
Look for it in rich mesic forests, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Moist
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow
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:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p054
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p131
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p038?
- Southern Appalachian Wildflowers p102?
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p174
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p040
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p045
- Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History p052
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p393
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p452
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p358
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p022