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Spotted lady slipper

Cypripedium yatabeanum

Also called Yatabe's Cypripedium, Yellow Spotted Lady's Slipper, Spotted Lady's Slipper

Spotted lady slipper
Photo: US Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain
Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Perennial, Orchid
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
Kamchatka to N. & C. Japan, Aleutian Is. to SW. Alaska
Climate
temperate

About

Cypripedium yatabeanum, known as the spotted lady slipper or palomino lady's slipper, is a species of terrestrial orchid in the family Orchidaceae. It is native to Alaska (including the Aleutian Islands), to the Russian Far East (Kamchatka and the Kuril Islands), and northern Japan. It is distinguished from the closely related Cypripedium guttatum by its yellow-green flowers and narrower, longer lip. It is a perennial herb that grows up to 2 ft (0.61 m) tall. Its habitats include mesic tundra, marsh borders, and beach dune lag.

Other Cypripedium plants

Pink lady's slipper · Ram's head lady's slipper · Lady's-slipper orchid · California lady's slipper · White lady's-slipper · Dickinson's lady's slipper · Elegant Cypripedium · Clustered lady's slipper · Yellow Cypripedium · Formosa's lady's slipper · Franchet's Cypripedium · Spotted lady's slipper

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cypripedium yatabeanum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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