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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

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.

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.

Cypripedium passerinum

Orchidaceae subfam. cypripedioideae

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
from FNA
AK; MT; AB; BC; MB; NT; NU; ON; QC; SK; YT
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Source FNA vol. 26, p. 503. FNA vol. 26.
Parent taxa Orchidaceae > subfam. Cypripedioideae > Cypripedium Orchidaceae
Sibling taxa
C. acaule, C. arietinum, C. californicum, C. candidum, C. fasciculatum, C. guttatum, C. kentuckiense, C. montanum, C. parviflorum, C. reginae, C. yatabeanum
Subordinate taxa
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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