PLANTS Profile for Cypripedium passerinum (sparrowegg lady's slipper)

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Cypripedium passerinum Richardson
sparrowegg lady's slipper

Symbol:

CYPA5

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Orchidaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Cypripedium passerinum Richardson

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 549. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Cypripedium passerinum Richardson

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Synonyms:
Cypripedium passerinum Richardson

CYPAM2

Cypripedium passerinum Richardson var. minganense Vict.

Distribution:
Cypripedium passerinum Richardson


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USA (AK, MT), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NT, NU, ON, QC, SK, YT)

Related Taxa:
Cypripedium passerinum Richardson

View 126 genera in Orchidaceae, 15 species in Cypripedium

Classification:
Cypripedium passerinum Richardson

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Liliidae
Order	Orchidales
Family	Orchidaceae – Orchid family
Genus	Cypripedium L. – lady's slipper
Species	Cypripedium passerinum Richardson – sparrowegg lady's slipper

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Cypripedium passerinum Richardson

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Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Cypripedium passerinum Richardson

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 43545.

Time Generated: 05/20/2013 08:21 AM CDT