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Orchidaceae > Cypripedium (lady slipper)

Pink Lady Slipper, Moccasinflower (Cypripedium acaule) Pink Lady Slipper, Moccasinflower (Cypripedium acaule)
Jackson Co., NC
14 May 2006

Fairly common to uncommon and statewide in NC, Pink Lady Slipper grows in various forests, usually with conifers.

Pink Lady Slipper, Moccasinflower (Cypripedium acaule) Pink Lady Slipper, Moccasinflower (Cypripedium acaule)
Jackson Co., NC
14 May 2006

Pink Lady Slipper, Moccasinflower (Cypripedium acaule) Pink Lady Slipper, Moccasinflower (Cypripedium acaule)
Durham Co., NC
5 May 2013
Pink Lady Slipper, Moccasinflower (Cypripedium acaule) Pink Lady Slipper, Moccasinflower (Cypripedium acaule)
Durham Co., NC
5 May 2013
Pink Lady Slipper, Moccasinflower (Cypripedium acaule) Pink Lady Slipper, Moccasinflower (Cypripedium acaule)
Durham Co., NC
5 May 2013

Lesser Yellow Lady Slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum) Lesser Yellow Lady Slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum)
Clay Co., NC
13 May 2006

Uncommon to rare in rich forests in the NC mountains and piedmont, this taxon has been treated also as Cypripedium calceolus.

Lesser Yellow Lady Slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum) Lesser Yellow Lady Slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum)
Clay Co., NC
13 May 2006

Lesser Yellow Lady Slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum) Lesser Yellow Lady Slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum)
Clay Co., NC
13 May 2006



Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; Alan Weakley's Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Supplemental resources include USDA plants website, and NatureServe.


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