Orchidaceae
Mountain lady's slipper
Cypripedium montanum
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Cypripedium
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Common names
By language (8)
- Arabic
- خف السيدة الجبلي
- arz
- خف السيدة الجبلى
- Bulgarian
- Планинска пантофка
- English
- Mountain lady's slipper
- French
- Cypripède des montagnes
- German
- Berg-Frauenschuh
- Russian
- Башмачок горный
- Spanish
- Zapatilla de dama de montaña, Flor mocasin, Flor mocasín, Zapatilla de dama de montana
Synonyms
- Cypripedium montanum f. praetertinctum Sheviak
- Cypripedium montanum f. welchii P.M.Br.
- Cypripedium occidentale S.Watson
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 1,746 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ed Alverson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Shane Johnson, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Shane Johnson, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: John W. Hancock, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Kate, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Trevor Van Loon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Shane Johnson, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mike Duran, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Lindsey Salmonson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: marek, 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.