Cypripedium acaule
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Photo courtesy Renee Brecht |
Britton & Brown |
| Botanical name: | Cypripedium acaule |
| Common name: | Pink lady's slipper or moccasin flower |
| Group: | monocot |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Growth type: | forb/herb |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | 6" - 1-1/2' |
| Foliage: | Two large, 6-8" opposite, hairy, basal leaves |
| Flower: | 1 - 2" Pink, rarely in white (forma albiflorum),resembling a balloon |
| Flowering time: | May-early June |
| Habitat: | dry or moist, acid, sandy woods, bog edges |
| Range in New Jersey: | statewide |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | n/a |
| Distribution: |  |
| Misc. | USDA
notes this plant in NJ as
facultative upland; Usually occurs in non-wetlands (estimated
probability 67%-99%), but occasionally found on wetlands (estimated
probability 1%-33%). Occasionally in white, pictured below.  Cypripedium acaula forma albiflorum |