Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Monocots
Family Name: Orchidaceae

Cypripedium - [maps | photos]

• Cypripedium acaule Aiton (TN Special Concern -Commercially Exploited)
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: pink lady's slipper, moccasin flower

• Cypripedium kentuckiense C.F. Reed (TN Endangered)
  Common Name: Kentucky lady's slipper

• Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb.
  NWI TN: Facultative
  Common Name: small yellow lady's slipper
  Synonyms:
  

         • Cypripedium calceolus L. var. parviflorum (Salisb.) Fernald

• Cypripedium pubescens Willd.
  NWI TN: Facultative
  Common Name: large yellow lady's slipper
  Synonyms:
  

         • Cypripedium calceolus L. var. pubescens (Willd.) Correll

• Cypripedium reginae Walt. (TN Endangered)
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland -
  Common Name: showy lady's slipper

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Dr. Jessica M. Budke or Margaret Oliver.