Orchidaceae
Showy lady slipper
Cypripedium reginae
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Cypripedium
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Common names
By language (12)
- Arabic
- خف السيدة الملكة
- arz
- خف السيدة الملكه
- Bulgarian
- Кралска пантофка
- Chinese
- 皇后杓兰, 皇后杓蘭
- Czech
- Střevíčník královnin
- English
- Showy lady slipper, Showy lady's slipper, C. reginae, Pink and white lady slipper, Queen's lady's-slipper
- Finnish
- Kruunutikankontti
- French
- Cypripède royal
- German
- Königin-Frauenschuh
- Latvian
- Cēlā dzegužkurpīte
- Russian
- Башмачок королевы
- Spanish
- Gran zapatilla de dama blanca
Synonyms
- Calceolus reginae (Walter) Nieuwl.
- Cypripedium album Aiton
- Cypripedium canadense Michx.
- Cypripedium hirsutum f. album R.Hoffm.
- Cypripedium hirutum f. album Ralph Hoffm.
- Cypripedium reginae f. albolabium Fernald & B.G.Schub.
- Cypripedium reginae f. album (Aiton) House
- Cypripedium reginae f. reginae
- Cypripedium reginae var. album (Aiton) Rolfe
- Cypripedium spectabile Salisb.
- Cypripedium spectabile var. album Sweet
- Cypripedium spectabile var. incarnatum Sweet
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July (from 2,484 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: aarongunnar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Kent P. McFarland, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Shaan Aroeste, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Steven J. Røste, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: maureen_c-m, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: James Churchill, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Larry, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: psweet, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Marc-Aurèle Vallée, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Derek, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: christine123, 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.