Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb.

Family: Orchidaceae

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Cypripedium calceolus L. var. parviflorum (Salisb.) Fern., Cypripedium luteum [Raf.]

Common names:

American valerian (18128-1923) (5, 7, 55, 156)

Bleeding-heart [Bleeding heart] (1828) (7)

Common lady's-slipper [Common ladies' slipper] (1840) (19)

Cypripedium radix (1828, Official Name of Materia Medica) (7)

Downy lady's-slipper [Downy ladies' slipper, Downy ladies'-slipper, Downy lady's slipper] (1913-1937) (5, 97, 156)

Ducks (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Gelb Frauenshuh (1828, German) (7)

Indian shoe (1913-1923) (5, 156)

K'kwe ulasu'la (1885, Cherokee, partridge mocassin) (102)

Lady's-slipper [Lady's slipper, Lady-slipper] (1886-1911) (55, 64, 102)

Lesser yellow lady's-slipper [Lesser yellow lady's slipper] (Present) (50)

Male mervine (1828) (7)

Male nervine (1923) (156)

Mocasin flower (1828) (7)

Monkey-flower (1923) (156)

Noah's ark (1828-1923) (5, 7, 156)

Sabot de Venus Jaune (1828, French) (7)

Slipper root [Slipper-root] (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Small yellow lady's-slipper [Small yellow lady's slipper, Small yellow ladies' slipper, Small yellow ladies'-slipper] (1900?-1933) (64, 72, 127, 157, 158)

Smaller yellow lady's-slipper [Smaller yellow lady's slipper] (1895) (2)

Small-flower lady's-slipper [Small-flowered ladies' slipper] (1922) (53)

Venus' cup (1923) (156)

Venus' shoe (1923) (156)

Whipoorwill shoes [Whip-poor-will's shoe] (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Yellow downy lady's-slipper [Yellow downy lady's slipper] (1936, Neb) (93)

Yellow lady''s-slipper [Yellow ladies' slipper, Yellow lady's slipper, Yellow ladies'-slipper] (1828-Present) (5, 7, 50, 85, 97, 156, 157)

Yellow mocassin-flower [Yellow mocassin flower, Yellow moccasin flower] (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Yellow umbel [Yellow umbil] (1828) (7)

Yellows (1828-1913) (5, 7)

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