PLANTS Profile for Cypripedium parviflorum var. parviflorum (lesser yellow lady's slipper)

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Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb. var. parviflorum
lesser yellow lady's slipper

Symbol:

CYPAP4

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Orchidaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb. var. parviflorum

Cypripedium calceolus ssp. parviflorum

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Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb. var. parviflorum

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Synonyms:
Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb. var. parviflorum

	CYCAP3	Cypripedium calceolus L. ssp. parviflorum (Salisb.) Hultén
	CYCAP	Cypripedium calceolus L. var. parviflorum (Salisb.) Fernald

Distribution:
Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb. var. parviflorum


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USA (AL, AR, CT, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MO, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, TN, VA, VT, WA, WV)

Related Taxa:
Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb. var. parviflorum

View 126 genera in Orchidaceae, 15 species in Cypripedium, 3 varieties in Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb.

Classification:
Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb. var. parviflorum

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Liliidae
Order	Orchidales
Family	Orchidaceae – Orchid family
Genus	Cypripedium L. – lady's slipper
Species	Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb. – lesser yellow lady's slipper
Variety	Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb. var. parviflorum – lesser yellow lady's slipper

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb. var. parviflorum

The related entities and synonyms italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Connecticut:
Cypripedium parviflorum
yellow lady's-slipper		Special Concern
Georgia:
Cypripedium calceolus var. parviflorum
small-flowered yellow ladyslipper		Unusual
Illinois:
Cypripedium parviflorum
small yellow lady's-slipper orchid		Endangered
Indiana:
Cypripedium calceolus var. parviflorum
small yellow lady's-slipper		Rare
Kentucky:
Cypripedium parviflorum
small yellow lady's-slipper		Threatened
New Hampshire:
Cypripedium parviflorum
small yellow lady's-slipper		Endangered
New York:
Cypripedium parviflorum
small yellow ladyslipper		Endangered
Ohio:
Cypripedium calceolus var. parviflorum
small yellow lady's-slipper		Endangered
Pennsylvania:
Cypripedium parviflorum
small yellow lady's-slipper		Endangered
Rhode Island:
Cypripedium calceolus var. parviflorum
small yellow lady-slipper		Endangered
Washington:
Cypripedium parviflorum
yellow lady's-slipper		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb. var. parviflorum

Cypripedium calceolus ssp. parviflorum:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU,FACW

FAC+

FACU

FAC+

FACW

FACW-

FACW

FACW-

FACW

Cypripedium calceolus var. parviflorum:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU,FACW

FAC+

FACU

FAC+

FACW

FACW-

FACW

FACW-

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb. var. parviflorum

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View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

Time Generated: 05/23/2013 09:12 PM CDT