Cypripedium acaule
Species of flowering plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cypripedium acaule is a species of flowering plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae native to eastern North America. It is currently the provincial flower of Prince Edward Island, Canada,[4] and the state wildflower of New Hampshire, United States.[5]
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Cypripedioideae |
Genus: | Cypripedium |
Species: | C. acaule |
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Generations before Cypripedium acaule was claimed by modern peoples to help represent Prince Edward Island and New Hampshire, Indigenous Peoples entered into healing relations with this plant. For example, Algonquin Peoples, who "form [part of] the larger cultural group known as the Anishinaabeg,"[6] traditionally called on C. acaule to treat menstrual disorders.[7] Due to population decline, harvesting for medicinal purposes is no longer recommended. As C. acaule "takes many years to go from seed to mature plants," the gathering of seed-bearing specimens is presently unsustainable.[8]