Cypripedium californicum
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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
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.[1]
Distribution and habitat
it has a very restricted range and can only be found in the mountains of southwestern Oregon (including the Kalmiopsis Wilderness) and northern California.[2][3] It prefers the margins of woodland streams in open coniferous forests.
References
- <templatestyles src="smallcaps/styles.css"/>Cribb, P. & Green, P. (1997). The Genus Cypripedium (a botanical monograph). Kew Royal Botanic Gardens, Timber Press Template:ISBN
External links
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- Jepson Flora Project: Cypripedium californicum
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- ↑ Cypripedium californicum A. Gray. California lady's slipper. US Department of Agriculture
- ↑ Biota of North America Program, county distribution map. bonap.net
Categories:
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- Cypripedium
- Endemic orchids of the United States
- Orchids of California
- Flora of Oregon
- Flora of the Cascade Range
- Flora of the Klamath Mountains
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Plants described in 1868
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