Group: Spermatophytina (Spermatophytes)
Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Genus: Cypripedium (Lady's Slipper)
15–60 cm tall. flowers: Ø 40–100 mm, brownish to reddish, lip yellowish. lip: considerably enlarged. stamina: 2. pollinium: pollen solitary, not agglutinated to a pollinium. ovary: twisted. rostellum: small or absent. stigmata: 3‑lobed, all stigma lobes approx. equal...
The colours represent the floristic status of the species in the respective region. Green indicates native occurrences, light green naturalized occurrences. Adventive occurrences are represented by light yellow shades and plants that are cultivated (but rarely occur in the wild) are dark yellow. Grey colours are used, if the floristic status of species is unknown or uncertain.
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Artificial occurences |
The color intensity reflects the species' abundance
Data: Floristische Kartierung Deutschlands (Stand 2013), Bundesamt für Naturschutz (www.floraweb.de)
perennial herbaceous vegetation, forests, shrubbery
in alkaline, periodically wet habitats