Cypripedium passerinum |
Orchidaceae subfam. cypripedioideae |
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Franklin's lady's-slipper, northern lady's-slipper, sparrow's-egg lady's-slipper, sparrowegg lady's slipper, spotted lady's-slipper |
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Habit | Plants erect, 12–38[–50] cm. | |
Leaves | 3–7, along length of stem, alternate, ascending to spreading; blade elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 5–19 × 1.5–6 cm. |
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Flowers | 1(–2); sepals white or green; dorsal sepal suborbiculate to obovate-orbiculate, rarely elliptic, 11–20 × (7–)9–15 mm; lateral sepals connate to nearly distinct, 6–12 mm, segments 3–6 mm wide; synsepal 6–15 mm wide; petals spreading, white, oblong to linear-elliptic, flat, 12–20 × 3–6 mm; lip white, rarely pinkish, obovoid, 11–20 mm; orifice basal but often proportionally very large, 9–13 mm; staminode cordiform-ovoid to ovoid-oblong. 2n = 20. |
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Cypripedium passerinum |
Orchidaceae subfam. cypripedioideae |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Jul. | |
Habitat | Moist coniferous forests, thickets, openings, tundra, especially in coarse soils of terraces and stream banks | |
Elevation | 0–2200 m (0–7200 ft) | |
Distribution |
AK; MT; AB; BC; MB; NT; NU; ON; QC; SK; YT
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 503. | FNA vol. 26. |
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Synonyms | C. passerinum var. minganense | |
Name authority | Richardson: in J. Franklin et al., Narr. Journey Polar Sea, 762. (1823) | Lindley: Coll. Bot., App. 1821 |
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