Cypripedium acaule - (image 1 of 7)
Taxonomy
Family: Orchidaceae
Habitat
Prefers acid soil. Habitats include swamps, sphagnum bogs, dry woods and sand dunes.
Associates
Distribution
Newfoundland and Quebec west to Alberta, south to NJ and northern IN, south along mountains and the coastal plain to SC and AL.
Morphology
Perennial. Leaves 2, basal, sparsely hairy; no stem leaves. Lip inflated, pink, occasionally white to purplish; petals yellow-green to brownish, lanceolate, the lower 2 sepals united.
Notes
Flowers late May to June
Wetland indicator: Facultative Wetland
The only pink lady's slipper that lacks cauline (stem) leaves.
References
Gleason, Henry A.
and A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States
and Adjacent Canada. Second Ed.
The New York Botanical Garden. Bronx, NY
Swink, F. and G.
Wilhelm. 1994. Plants of the Chicago Region.
Indiana Academy of Science. The Morton Arboretum. Lisle, Illinois.
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