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Cypripedium passerinum Richardson
sparrowegg lady's slipper

       
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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. 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 Victorin
 

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 125 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:
Cypripedium passerinum Richardson

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FAC,FACW NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO FACW NO FAC NO NO
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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: 10/31/2008 04:23 PM MDT