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Cypripedium pubescens
Cypripedium pubescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Cypripedioideae
Genus:	Cypripedium
Species:	C. pubescens
Binomial name
Cypripedium pubescens Willd. (1804)
Synonyms
Cypripedium flavescens DC. (1803) Cypripedium luteum var. pubescens (Willd.) Raf. (1828) Cypripedium luteum var. angustifolium Raf. (1828) Cypripedium luteum var. biflorum Raf. (1828) Cypripedium luteum var. concolor Raf. (1828) Cypripedium luteum var. glabrum Raf. (1828) Cypripedium luteum var. grandiflorum Raf. (1828) Cypripedium luteum var. maculatum Raf. (1828) Cypripedium furcatum Raf. (1833) Cypripedium undatum Raf. (1833) Cypripedium assurgens Raf. (1833) Cypripedium aureum Raf. (1833) Cypripedium calceolus var. pubescens (Willd.) Correll (1938) Cypripedium veganum Cockerell & Barker (1900) Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (Willd.) O.W. Knight (1906) Cypripedium parviflorum var. planipetalum Fernald (1926) Cypripedium planipetalum (Fernald) F.J.A. Morris (1929) Cypripedium calceolus var. planipetalum (Fernald) Victorin & J. Rousseau (1940)

Cypripedium pubescens is a species of Lady's Slipper. It is commonly known as American valerian, Greater yellow lady's slipper, Large yellow lady's slipper, Moccasin Flower, Nerveroot, Noah's ark, Whippoorwills-shoe, Yellow ladies'-slipper, Yellow moccasin-flower, Yellow Indian Shoe, and is one of several orchids referred to as "Yellow Lady's Slipper Orchid". It is native to Illinois and surrounding states in the American Midwest, and it is used as a medicinal plant.

The plant grows anywhere from 12 to 30 inches tall and has smooth, slipper-shaped yellow flowers.

References

1. Blanchan, Neltje (2005). Wild Flowers Worth Knowing. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.  
2. Cypripediums for House and Garden

External links

• BoDD (Botanical Dermatology Database): Cypripedium pubescens
• Illinois Wildflowers

• Media related to Cypripedium pubescens at Wikimedia Commons

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From Wikispecies

Cypripedium pubescens

Taxonavigation

Classification System: APG II (down to family level)

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiospermae
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales
Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Cypripedioideae
Tribus: Cypripedieae
Subtribus: Cypripediinae
Genus: Cypripedium
Species: Cypripedium pubescens
Varieties: C. p. var. makasin - C. p. var. pubescens

Name

Cypripedium pubescens Willd.

References

• Cypripedium pubescens Report on ITIS

Vernacular names

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