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Greater Yellow Lady's Slipper

Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens

Photo by Christine Y.
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Field Notes

Description:

Large, yellow flower on the end of a leafy stalk. Flowers have an inflated, yellow, pouch-shaped lip petal.

Habitat:

Spotted growing in a swampy, mixed forest.

Notes:

This flowers is listed as "Exploitably Vulnerable" in New York. This designation means that this species is likely to become threatened in the near future throughout its range if causal factors continue unchecked.

Reference Links:

Plants Profile for Cypripedium parviflorum pubescens (greater yellow lady's sli…

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