Cypripedium debile




Family Orchidaceae
Subfamily Cypripedioideae (also placed in Cypripediaceae)
Tribe Cypripedieae
Subtribe Cypripediinae
Scientific name Cypripedium debile Reichenbach f.
Synonyms Cypripedium cardiophyllum Franchet & Savatier
Common name (Japanese common name) ko-atsumori-sou (コアツモリソウ, 小敦盛草 [meaning: tiny atsumori-sou (atsumori-sou = Cypripedium macranthos Swartz)])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido (Southwestern region), Honshu, Shikoku (Kochi Prefecture), Kyushu (Kumamoto Prefecture)
(Other nations) China, Taiwan
Habitat Wet forest
Chromosomal number 2n=20
Description Plants 10-20cm tall. Leaves 2.5-5cm long, 2-5cm wide. Flowers pale yellow ca. 2cm, purple lip ca. 1cm, flowering in May to June. Terrestrial. Perennial plants.
Reference Cypripedium debile Rchb. f. 1874
Cypripedium debile Rchb. f.
Note Reratively rare species.



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