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Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens

Species category

Flower

Common name

greater yellow lady's slipper

Diagnostic characters

Planting unit

True seedTrue seed:
A mature fertilized ovule consisting of an embryo, with or without and external food reserve (e.g., endosperm) enclosed by the testa.

Shape

Linear

Size

  • Length 1.2–1.5 mm
  • Width 0.2–0.3 mm
  • Thickness 0.2–0.3 mm

Color

Brown

Texture

Seed cover is a long net.

Other structures

A long, transparent net around the seed

Identification notes

Seeds in nets of various shapes.

Noxious weed seed categories

Not listed

AOSA examination list

Not included

Nomenclature

Family

Orchidaceae

Valid name

Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb. var. pubescens (Willd.) Knight

Synonyms

Cypripedium calceolus L. var. pubescens (Willd.) Correll
Cypripedium calceolus L. var. planipetalum (Fernald) Vict. & J. Rousseau
Cypripedium furcatum Raf.
Cypripedium planipetalum (Fernald) Morris & Eames
Cypripedium pubescens Willd. 
Cypripedium pubescens Willd. var. pubescens

Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens. Seeds surrounded by a transparent net.
Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens. Seeds surrounded by a transparent net.