Cypripedium californicum |
Cypripedium reginae |
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California lady slipper, California lady's-slipper |
cypripède royal, queen lady's-slipper, showy lady's-slipper |
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Habit | Plants erect, 25–120 cm. | Plants erect, 21–90 cm. |
Leaves | 5–10, along length of stem, alternate, ascending to spreading; blade elliptic-lanceolate to broadly elliptic, 5–16 × 1.5–6.5 cm. |
3–9, along length of stem, alternate, ascending to spreading; blade broadly elliptic to ovate or elliptic-lanceolate, 10–27 × 5–16 cm. |
Flowers | 3–18(–22); sepals yellow-green to pale brownish yellow; dorsal sepal elliptic, 14–20 × 7–13 mm; lateral sepals connate almost to apex; synsepal 12–20 × 10–12 mm; petals spreading, same color as sepals or more yellowish, linear-oblong to linear-lanceolate, flat, 14–16 × 3–5 mm; lip white, sometimes pinkish, obovoid, 15–20 mm; orifice basal, 11–14 mm; staminode suborbicular-subauriform. |
1–3(–4); sepals white; dorsal sepal suborbiculate to ovate-orbiculate, 25–45 × 18–42 mm; lateral sepals connate, synsepal 24–42 × 15–37 mm; petals spreading, same color as sepals, oblong to elliptic or ovate-lanceolate, flat, 25–47 × 6–17 mm; lip white, usually suffused around orifice and variably beyond with pale pink to crimson magenta, subglobose-obovoid, 25–53 mm; orifice basal, 18–28 mm; staminode cordiform-ovoid to ovoid-lanceoloid. |
2n | = 20. |
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Cypripedium californicum |
Cypripedium reginae |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jun. | Flowering May–Aug. |
Habitat | Forest openings, especially on steep slopes, in seeps, springy marshes | Coniferous and hardwood fen forests, openings, fen meadows, hillside seeps, meadows, prairies, dune lags, seeping cliffs |
Elevation | 0–1600 m (0–5200 ft) | mostly 0–600 m (mostly 0–2000 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR
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AR; CT; IA; IL; IN; KY; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; NC; ND; NH; NJ; NY; OH; PA; TN; VA; VT; WI; WV; MB; NB; NF; NS; ON; PE; QC; SK
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 503. | FNA vol. 26, p. 503. |
Parent taxa | Orchidaceae > subfam. Cypripedioideae > Cypripedium | Orchidaceae > subfam. Cypripedioideae > Cypripedium |
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Synonyms | C. spectabile | |
Name authority | A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 7: 389. (1868) | Walter: Fl. Carol., 222. (1788) |
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