Cypripedium californicum
| California lady's slipper | |
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| 1891 illustration from Curtis's Botanical Magazine" | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cypripedioideae |
| Genus: | Cypripedium |
| Species: | C. californicum
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| Binomial name | |
| Cypripedium californicum A.Gray (1868)
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Cypripedium californicum, the California lady's slipper, is a member of the orchid genus Cypripedium, the lady's slipper orchids, native to the western United States.
Description[edit]
It often grows in very large clumps and each stem can bear up to 21 flowers. It can grow to be up to over a meter in height and has alternate, plicate leaves the length of the stem. The petals and sepals tend to be greenish-brown while the small pouch is pure white with occasional pink spots.[2]
Distribution and habitat[edit]
it has a very restricted range and can only be found in the mountains of southwestern Oregon (including the Kalmiopsis Wilderness) and northern California.[3][4] It prefers the margins of woodland streams in open coniferous forests.
References[edit]
- ^ Rankou, H. (2014) Cypripedium californicum. In: IUCN 2014. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
- ^ "Cypripedium californicum in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org.
- ^ Cypripedium californicum A. Gray. California lady's slipper. US Department of Agriculture
- ^ Biota of North America Program, county distribution map. bonap.net
- Cribb, P. & Green, P. (1997). The Genus Cypripedium (a botanical monograph). Kew Royal Botanic Gardens, Timber Press ISBN 0-88192-403-2
External links[edit]
Media related to Cypripedium californicum at Wikimedia Commons- Jepson Flora Project: Cypripedium californicum
