Calypso bulbosa var. americana
Native Orchids U.S. & Canada, 336. 1975.
IllustratedEndemic
Basionym: Calypso americana R. Brown in W. Aiton and W. T. Aiton, Hortus Kew. 5: 208. 1813
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 623.
Flowers with prominent tuft of contrasting yellow bristles at base of lamina; lamina white or suffused with pink, equaling or longer than conspicuous horns. 2n = 32.
Phenology: Flowering spring–early summer.
Habitat: Mesic to wet coniferous forests, mixed forests, and bogs
Elevation: 0–3100 m
Distribution
Alta., B.C., Man., N.B., Nfld. and Labr., N.W.T., N.S., Nunavut, Ont., P.E.I., Que., Sask., Yukon, Alaska, Ariz., Colo., Idaho, Maine, Mich., Minn., Mont., N.H., N.Mex., N.Y., S.Dak., Utah, Vt., Wash., Wis., Wyo.
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.