Showy Lady's Slipper

Cypripedium reginae Walter

Orchid family

Plant Type
Forb/herb
Life Cycle
Perennial
Mature Height
3.0 feet
Flower Color
White, Pink, Purple
Bloom Time
Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer

Ecosystem & Wildlife

Pollinators Native Bees; Bombus; Beetles, Wasps, Flies

Native Range

  • USA:  Arkansas, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
  • CAN:  Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec, Saskatchewan

Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.

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