Cypripedium acaule, Davidson, C 12972--North Carolina. Macon Co. Sunset Rock. 12 May 2015. DSC04371 (243).JPG
Cypripedium acaule, Davidson, C 12972--North Carolina. Macon Co. Sunset Rock. 12 May 2015. DSC04371 (233).JPG
Cypripedium acaule, Davidson, C 12972--North Carolina. Macon Co. Sunset Rock. 12 May 2015. DSC04371 (228).JPG
Cypripedium acaule, Davidson, C 12972--North Carolina. Macon Co. Sunset Rock. 12 May 2015. DSC04371 (238).JPG
Cypripedium acaule, Davidson, C 12972--North Carolina. Macon Co. Sunset Rock. 12 May 2015. DSC04371 (226).JPG
Cypripedium acaule, Davidson, C 12972--North Carolina. Macon Co. Sunset Rock. 12 May 2015. DSC04371 (225).JPG
Cypripedium acaule, Davidson, C 12972--North Carolina. Macon Co. Sunset Rock. 12 May 2015. DSC04371 (235).JPG
Cypripedium acaule, Davidson, C 12972--North Carolina. Macon Co. Sunset Rock. 12 May 2015. DSC04371 (227).JPG
Cypripedium acaule, Davidson, C 12972--North Carolina. Macon Co. Sunset Rock. 12 May 2015. DSC04371 (230).JPG
Cypripedium acaule, Davidson, C 12972--North Carolina. Macon Co. Sunset Rock. 12 May 2015. DSC04371 (244).JPG
Cypripedium acaule, Davidson, C 12972--North Carolina. Macon Co. Sunset Rock. 12 May 2015. DSC04371 (245).JPG
Cypripedium acaule, Davidson, C 12972--North Carolina. Macon Co. Sunset Rock. 12 May 2015. DSC04371 (242).JPG
Cypripedium acaule, Davidson, C 12972--North Carolina. Macon Co. Sunset Rock. 12 May 2015. DSC04371 (229).JPG
Cypripedium acaule, Davidson, C 12972--North Carolina. Macon Co. Sunset Rock. 12 May 2015. DSC04371 (240).JPG
Cypripedium acaule, Davidson, C 12972--North Carolina. Macon Co. Sunset Rock. 12 May 2015. DSC04371 (237).JPG
Cypripedium acaule, Davidson, C 12972--North Carolina. Macon Co. Sunset Rock. 12 May 2015. DSC04371 (236).JPG
Cypripedium acaule, Davidson, C 12972--North Carolina. Macon Co. Sunset Rock. 12 May 2015. DSC04371 (241).JPG
Cypripedium acaule, Davidson, C 12972--North Carolina. Macon Co. Sunset Rock. 12 May 2015. DSC04371 (239).JPG
Cypripedium acaule, Davidson, C 12972--North Carolina. Macon Co. Sunset Rock. 12 May 2015. DSC04371 (232).JPG
Cypripedium acaule, Davidson, C 12972--North Carolina. Macon Co. Sunset Rock. 12 May 2015. DSC04371 (231).JPG
Cypripedium acaule, Davidson, C 12972--North Carolina. Macon Co. Sunset Rock. 12 May 2015. DSC04371 (234).JPG
Native to 36 botanical countries across Northern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
United States, North Carolina, Macon (Franklin)
35.093611, -83.520556
Location Remarks
Nantahala National Forest road off old U.S. route 64 (highway 1448), SW of city of Franklin; near Standing Indian on trail to Wasilik Poplar. 1115 m elev.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Tomomi Masaki
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Cypripedium
Specific Epithet
acaule
Authorship
Aiton
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 13.3
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.7
Global rank
#65,764 of 335,497
Top 20%
Extinction probability
5%
