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El Paso County Wildflower Project - Yellow Lady's Slipper

Yellow Lady’s Slipper

Bloom Season: May - September

Habitat: moist deep humus, partial shade, often under the canopy of ponderosa pine, Douglas-fir, and quaking aspen

Photography Notes: Susceptible to a breeze

Credits: Jason Fazio, 27 June

Cypripedium parviflorum, commonly known as yellow lady's slipper[4] or moccasin flower,[5] is a lady's slipper orchid native to North America.[6] It is widespread, ranging from Alaska south to Arizona and Georgia.[7] It grows in fens, wetlands, shorelines, and damp woodlands.[8]

Cypripedium parviflorum was given its scientific name in 1791 by Richard Anthony Salisbury. It is classified as part of the genus Cypripedium as part of the family Orchidaceae.[3] C. parviflorum is a highly variable species, which is a result of both hybridization and phenotypic plasticity.[9]

El Paso County Wildflower Project Yellow Lady's Slipper

Image Credit: Jason Fazio

Image Credit: Jason Fazio

El Paso County Wildflower Project - Yellow Lady's Slipper

Image Credit: Jason Fazio

Image Credit: Jason Fazio

El Paso County Wildflower Project - Yellow Lady's Slipper

Image Credit: Jason Fazio

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Yellow Lady’s Slipper (THREATENED) (native) is one of many wildflowers featured in the El Paso CO Wildflower Project, a community-built field guide documenting the wildflowers of El Paso County, Colorado.