OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cypripedium reginae   FAMILY Orchidaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cypripedium reginae   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-01-003:

Cypripedium reginae   FAMILY Orchidaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Showy Lady's Slipper, Queen Lady's Slipper


 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cypripedium reginae   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cypripedium reginae   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-01-003:
Cypripedium reginae   FAMILY Orchidaceae

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2293

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: fens, seepage swamps, and mesic forests, over circumneutral to basic rocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native: north of the Carolinas & Georgia (doubtfully to NC)

Rare (historically in NC Mountains, but not recently seen)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White/Mauve
Bilaterally symmetrical
3 sepals, two lateral and one dorsal
3 petals, the two lateral similar and a third (the lip) enlarged
stamens and pistil fused together into a column
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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