Cypripedium californicum |
Orchidaceae subfam. cypripedioideae |
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California lady slipper, California lady's-slipper |
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Habit | Plants erect, 25–120 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. |
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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. |
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Cypripedium californicum |
Orchidaceae subfam. cypripedioideae |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jun. | |
Habitat | Forest openings, especially on steep slopes, in seeps, springy marshes | |
Elevation | 0–1600 m (0–5200 ft) | |
Distribution |
CA; OR
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 503. | FNA vol. 26. |
Parent taxa | Orchidaceae > subfam. Cypripedioideae > Cypripedium | Orchidaceae |
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Name authority | A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 7: 389. (1868) | Lindley: Coll. Bot., App. 1821 |
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