Cypripedium pubescens
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Cypripedium pubescens | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Cypripedioideae |
Genus: | Cypripedium |
Species: | C. pubescens |
Binomial name | |
Cypripedium pubescens Willd. (1804) | |
Synonyms | |
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Cypripedium pubescens (Large yellow lady's slipper, Yellow moccasin-flower, Nerveroot, Noah's ark, American valerian, Whippoorwill's-shoe) is a yellow lady's-slipper orchid native to northern North America. It is sometimes considered a variety of the closely related Cypripedium parviflorum.
Height is 12–30 inches tall.
References
- Blanchan, Neltje (2005). Wild Flowers Worth Knowing. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.
- Cypripediums for House and Garden
External links
Media related to Cypripedium pubescens at Wikimedia Commons
- Flora of North America: Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens — map
- Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens in BoDD – Botanical Dermatology Database
- Illinois Wildflowers
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