Flower ID: IMG_1341.JPG-06-03-2022 Flower name (scientific): Cypripedium parviflorum Salisbury PY: 1791. Pronunciation guide: (phonetic spelling) sip-rih-PEE-dee-um par-vi-FLOR-um Flower name (common): Yellow Lady's Slipper Orchid Family name (common): Orchid Family name (scientific): Orchidaceae Scientific name origin: Genus: From Greek Kypris Aphrodite (or Venus) and Greek pedilon meaning slipper (perhaps Latin pes for foot), hence Aphrodite's slipper. Refers to the shape of the flower. Specific epithet: Latin for small-flowered. Common name origin: From the flower lip color, the shape of the flower lip and the genus name, and its membership in the Orchid family. Flower description: Size: 0.8 to 2.0 inches (2.0 to 5.1 cm) for the lip, lateral petals are 3 to 9 cm long. Petal count: 3 petals and 3 sepals Color: yellow Other: flower arrangement, Solitary Plant description: Size: 8 to 30 inches (20 to 76 cm) Stem hairy: Other: Leaf description: attachment is alternate, type is simple Size: Color: Hairy: Other: Shape: leaf, orbiculate or broadly ovate to elliptic-lanceolate or oblanceolate (FNA), oval-ovate to ovate (IL), ovate to elliptic (MB) Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Native Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Uncommon Bloom time (typical): May to June Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Perennial Habitat: Forests, woods, thickets, prairies, savannas, meadows, bogs, dry to moist, shade to sun. Fruit: Seed: Importance to wildlife: Similar species (if any): Ethnobotany: The Menominee employed this plant to treat unspecified female disorders (Smith, p. 44, 1923). The Ojibwe used the roots to prepare medicine for womens issues (Smith, p. 377, 1932). Latitude: 44.779490 Longitude: -91.641185 Altitude: 360.90 Distribution: In Wisconsin: (Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Brown, Buffalo, Burnett, Calumet, Chippewa, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Door, Douglas, Dunn, Eau Claire, Florence, Fond du Lac, Forest, Grant, Green, Iowa, Jackson, Jefferson, Juneau, Kenosha, Kewaunee, La Crosse, Lafayette, Langlade, Lincoln, Manitowoc, Marinette, Marquette, Menominee, Milwaukee, Monroe, Oconto, Outagamie, Ozaukee, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, Price, Racine, Richland, Rock, Rusk, Sauk, Sawyer, Shawano, Sheboygan, St. Croix, Taylor, Trempealeau, Vernon, Vilas, Walworth, Washburn, Washington, Waukesha, Waupaca, Wood) Click here for distribution map In US: (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY) Click here for distribution map In Canada: (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT) Click here for distribution map References: Synonym(s): Basionym: na Homotypic Synonym(s): Heterotypic Synonym(s): Autonym:Cypripedium parviflorum var. parviflorum (The other infraspecifics are Cypripedium parviflorum var. exiliens Sheviak, Cypripedium parviflorum var. makasin (Farwell) Sheviak, Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (Willdenow) O. W. Knight. All three of these varieties have been recorded in the US.) Wetland Status (NC): FAC Wetland Status (MW): FACW