Cypripedium acaule W. Aiton. Common name: Pink Lady's-slipper, Moccasin-flower. Phenology: Apr-Jun; Aug. Habitat: Dry to mesic, acid forests and woodlands, often under pine, other conifer, and/or oaks. Distribution: NL (Newfoundland) west to n. AB, south to NC, SC, GA, n. AL, TN, n. IN, and MN.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = AqW, C, Can, F, FNA26, G, Il, K4, Mi, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, RAB, Tat, Tn, Va, W, WV, Correll (1950), Luer (1975); = Fissipes acaulis (Aiton) Small — S, S13. Basionym: Cypripedium acaule Aiton 1789
Links to other floras: = Cypripedium acaule - FNA26
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU
- Great Plains: FACW
- Midwest: FACW
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACW
Heliophily ⓘ: 4
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect perennial of dry to moist, acid forests and woodlands, often under pine, other conifers or oaks, and sometimes forming extensive colonies.
Stems: Stem consists of a hairy, leafless flowering stalk from the center of a small rosette of leaves.
Leaves: Leaves basal (usually 2), erect, sessile, elliptic to oblong, to 12 in. long, with raised parallel veins and hairy.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flower solitary, with a single green bract curving over it, at top of scape; pink; to 2 1/2 in. long; consisting of a pouch-shaped, lower lip-petal (the pink "ladys slipper") and 2 twisted, narrow, reddish-green petals to each side.
Fruits: Fruit a ribbed, ellipsoid capsule.
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Height: 6-20 in.
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description: Erect perennial of dry to moist, acid forests and woodlands, often under pine, other conifers or oaks, and sometimes forming extensive colonies.
stems: Stem consists of a hairy, leafless flowering stalk from the center of a small rosette of leaves.
leaves: Leaves basal (usually 2), erect, sessile, elliptic to oblong, to 12 in. long, with raised parallel veins and hairy.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flower solitary, with a single green bract curving over it, at top of scape; pink; to 2 1/2 in. long; consisting of a pouch-shaped, lower lip-petal (the pink "ladys slipper") and 2 twisted, narrow, reddish-green petals to each side.
fruits: Fruit a ribbed, ellipsoid capsule.
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