Lexic.us

Definition of Cypripedium montanum

1. Noun. Leafy plant having a few stems in a clump with 1 white and dull purple flower in each upper leaf axil; Alaska to northern California and Wyoming.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cypripedium Montanum

Literary usage of Cypripedium montanum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Ottawa Naturalist by Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club (1905)
"I saw a lovely bunch of it in his garden in bloom, but he said it [slipped away and he did not expect to see it again next year ; cypripedium montanum, ..."

2. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden by New York Botanical Garden (1900)
"cypripedium montanum Dougl. ; Lindi. Orch. 528 [Bot. Cal. 2: 138]. Characterized by its 1-3 flowers, its brownish petals and sepals and the dull white ..."

3. In the Heart of the Bitter-Root Mountains: The Story of "the Carlin Hunting by Abraham Lincoln Artman Himmelwright (1894)
"... only that the corrolla is white marked with small veins of a pale red longitudinally on the inner side." This species is cypripedium montanum. ..."

4. History of the Expedition Under the Command of Lewis and Clark: To the by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, Elliott Coues, Thomas Jefferson (1893)
"This species is cypripedium montanum. 14 Here a new name merely for the Glade creek of note M , p. 595. and note **, p. 594: see there. ..."

5. The Wild Flowers of California, Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons (1897)
"Described in the Miscellaneous Section:— CEPHALANTHERA OREGANA— CYPRIPEDIUM MONTANUM— Phantom Orchis. Mountain Lady's Slipper. ..."

6. Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition: 1804-1806 by Reuben Gold Thwaites (2002)
"... little above it's entrance into Clark's river, here we encamped with a view to remain two days in 1 This is the well-known orchid, cypripedium montanum. ..."

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