Orchidaceae
California lady's slipper
Cypripedium californicum
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Cypripedium
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Cypripedium californicumOrchidaceae
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Common names
By language (6)
- Bulgarian
- Калифорнийска пантофка
- English
- California lady's slipper
- German
- Kalifornischer Frauenschuh
- Lithuanian
- Kaliforninė klumpaitė
- Russian
- Башмачок калифорнийский
- Spanish
- Zapatillas de dama de California
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.