Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb.

Yellow lady's slipper (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Cypripedium

Characteristics

Plants erect, 70–700 cm. Flowers: sepals greenish or yellowish (often obscured by darker markings); dorsal sepal suborbiculate or ovate to ovate-lance-acuminate, 19–80 × 7–40 mm; lateral sepals connate; synsepal 11–80 × 5–34 mm; petals horizontal to strongly descending, same color as sepals, commonly spirally twisted or undulate, sometimes flat, linear-lanceolate to lance-ovate or oblong, 24–97 × 3–12 mm; lip rather pale to deep yellow, very rarely white, rarely with reddish spots or suffusion on adaxial external surface, 15–54 mm; orifice basal; staminode cordiform-ovoid, deltoid, lance-ovoid, or ovoid-oblong.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.18 - 0.38
Mature height (meter) 0.6
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

Light 4-7
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-7

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Analgesic (root), Anthelmintic (root), Anticonvulsive (root), Cold Remedy (root), Misc. Disease Remedy (root), Sedative (root), Stimulant (root), Gastrointestinal Aid (unspecified), Gynecological Aid (unspecified), Kidney Aid (unspecified), Blood Medicine (unspecified), Febrifuge (unspecified), Orthopedic Aid (unspecified), Sedative (unspecified), Tuberculosis Remedy (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
Germination luminosity -
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Images

Leaf

Cypripedium parviflorum leaf picture by George Annette (cc-by-sa)
Cypripedium parviflorum leaf picture by Dawn Case (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Cypripedium parviflorum flower picture by Roberta Wolfe (cc-by-sa)
Cypripedium parviflorum flower picture by George Annette (cc-by-sa)
Cypripedium parviflorum flower picture by George Annette (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Cypripedium parviflorum world distribution map, present in Åland Islands, Colombia, Micronesia (Federated States of), Georgia, Malaysia, Nicaragua, and United States of America

Conservation status

Cypripedium parviflorum threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:75375-2
WFO ID wfo-0000935579
COL ID 33J7B
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 762282
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Calceolus parviflorus Criosanthes parviflora Cypripedium bulbosum var. parviflorum Cypripedium calceolus subsp. parviflorum Cypripedium hirutum var. parviflorum Cypripedium calceolus var. parviflorum Cypripedium luteum var. parviflorum Cypripedium parviflorum

Lower taxons

Cypripedium parviflorum var. makasin Cypripedium parviflorum var. parviflorum Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens Cypripedium parviflorum var. exiliens