familyOrchidaceae
subfamilyOrchidaceae subfam. Cypripedioideae
genusCypripedium
speciesCypripedium californicum
Cypripedium californicum
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 7: 389. 1868.
Common names: California lady’s-slipper
Endemic
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Plants erect, 25–120 cm. Leaves 5–10, along length of stem, alternate, ascending to spreading; blade elliptic-lanceolate to broadly elliptic, 5–16 × 1.5–6.5 cm. Flowers 3–18 (–22); sepals yellow-green to pale brownish yellow; dorsal sepal elliptic, 14–20 × 7–13 mm; lateral sepals connate almost to apex; synsepal 12–20 × 10–12 mm; petals spreading, same color as sepals or more yellowish, linear-oblong to linearlanceolate, flat, 14–16 × 3–5 mm; lip white, sometimes pinkish, obovoid, 15–20 mm; orifice basal, 11–14 mm; staminode suborbicular-subauriform.
Phenology: Flowering May–Jun.
Habitat: Forest openings, especially on steep slopes, in seeps, springy marshes
Elevation: 0–1600 m
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separating +
self-pollination +
indehiscent +
foliaceous +
large +
California lady’s-slipper +
elliptic +
absent +
symmetric +
resupinate +
epigynous +
showy +
3;18 +
bisexual +
ellipsoid;oblong-ellipsoid +
fleshy +
3-carpellate +
connate +
connate +
proximal +
ascending;spreading +
modified +
differing in form and color +
basal +
compound +
inferior +
anatropous +
numerous +
minute +
small +
dense +
flowering +
modified +
petaloid +
entire +
14mm;16mm +
spreading +
linear-oblong +
subdivided +
absent +
fertile +
reduced +
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts +
1868 +
single +
creeping +
short;elongate +
spaced +
fleshy +
numerous +
distinct +
foliaceous +
longitudinal +
various +
Endemic +
racemose +
opposite +
adnate +
1;2 +
suborbicular-subauriform +
sheathing +
modified +
delicate +
proliferous +
free +
2-3-lobed +
absent +
adnate +
Cypripedium californicum +
Cypripedium +
species +
stolonoid +
multilayered +
spongy +
perennial +
subterranean +