Orchidaceae
White lady's-slipper
Cypripedium candidum
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Cypripedium
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Common names
By language (6)
- Bulgarian
- Снежнобяла пантофка
- English
- White lady's-slipper, White lady's slipper
- French
- Cypripède blanc
- German
- Weisser Frauenschuh, Weißer Frauenschuh
- Russian
- Башмачок белоснежный
- Spanish
- Zapatilla de dama blanca pequeña, Zapatilla de dama blanca pequena
Synonyms
- Calceolus candidus (Muhl. ex Willd.) Nieuwl.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 1,101 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: aarongunnar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tom Gulya, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: aarongunnar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Brandon Corder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Norma Malinowski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: aarongunnar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mason Brock, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dani Alba, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: paige, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ethan Rose, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Brandon Corder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms 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.