Cypripedium parviflorum var. makasin

(Farwell) Sheviak

Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 62: 403. 1993.

Common names: Cypripède mocassin
Endemic
Basionym: Cypripedium pubescens var. makasin Farwell Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 20: 198. 1918
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 506. Mentioned on page 504, 505.

Bracts: abaxial surface of distalmost sheathing bract (and often the next) sparsely and inconspicuously pubescent or glabrous when young. Leaves (2–)3–5, on proximal portion of or more evenly spaced along stem, alternate, erect to spreading; blade orbiculate or broadly ovate to elliptic-lanceolate, 5.2–18.5 × 1.6–14.3 cm. Flowers 1–2(–3), small, scent intense, sweet; sepals and petals usually suffused with dark reddish brown or madder, or in west often spotted and blotched; lip oblance-ovoid to calceolate, 15–29 mm; orifice 10–17 mm. 2n = 20.


Phenology: Flowering May–Aug.
Habitat: Mesic to wet fens, prairies, meadows, thickets, open coniferous and mixed forest
Elevation: mostly 0–1500 m

Distribution

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Alta., B.C., Man., N.B., Nfld. and Labr., N.W.T., Ont., P.E.I., Que., Sask., Yukon, Alaska, Calif., Conn., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Maine, Mass., Mich., Minn., Mont., N.J., N.Y., N.Dak., Ohio, Pa., Utah, Vt., Wash., Wis.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
Charles J. Sheviak +
(Farwell) Sheviak +
Cypripedium pubescens var. makasin +
Cypripède mocassin +
Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. +, N.W.T. +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Calif. +, Conn. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Maine +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Mont. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.Dak. +, Ohio +, Pa. +, Utah +, Vt. +, Wash. +  and Wis. +
mostly 0–1500 m +
Mesic to wet fens, prairies, meadows, thickets, open coniferous and mixed forest +
Flowering May–Aug. +
Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. +
Cypripedium parviflorum var. makasin +
Cypripedium parviflorum +
variety +