Cypripedium fasciculatum |
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brownie lady's-slipper, cluster lady slipper, cluster lady's-slipper |
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Habit | Plants erect, 6–35 cm in flower, taller in fruit; inflorescences nodding in flower, erect in fruit. |
Leaves | 2, initially near middle of stem, subopposite, wide-spreading, distal portion elongating greatly in fruit; blade elliptic to ovate-orbiculate, 4–12 × 2.5–7.5 cm. |
Flowers | (1–)2–4; sepals dull yellow, marked and suffused often intensely with reddish brown or dark purple; dorsal sepal lanceolate, 13–25 × 3–8 mm; lateral sepals connate, synsepal 11–23 × 4–9 mm; petals porrect-spreading, same color as sepals, flat, ovate-lanceolate to lance-acuminate, 10–23 × 6–17 mm; lip color of sepals, usually less intensely marked, mostly obovoid, 8–14(–25) mm, orifice basal, 4–5 mm; staminode ellipsoid to oblong. |
2n | = 20. |
Cypripedium fasciculatum |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Aug. |
Habitat | Moist to dry coniferous forests and thickets |
Elevation | 0–3200 m (0–10500 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; CO; ID; MT; OR; UT; WA; WY
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 501. |
Parent taxa | Orchidaceae > subfam. Cypripedioideae > Cypripedium |
Sibling taxa | |
Synonyms | C. knightiae |
Name authority | Kellogg ex S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17: 380. (1882) |
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