Scientific Name
Cypripedium calceolus
Common Name
Yellow lady slipper
Wildflowers
Plant Fact Sheets
Consumer Hort
Life Cycle:
Perennial
[var.
pubescens
]
Height:
1 to 2 feet
Flower/fruit:
Lower yellow petal of flower is inflated to form a 1 to 1.5 inch pouch; spirally twisted petals
Flowering Season:
Early summer
Foliage:
3 to 5 alternate leaves
Site:
Rich wooded slopes, bogs, wet woods, shady swamps
Comments:
Difficult to transplant
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