Cypripedium calceolus L.

Lady's-Slipper

Orchidaceae

Taxonomy

Classification

Group: Spermatophytina (Spermatophytes)
Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Genus: Cypripedium (Lady's Slipper)

Synonyms

Cypripedium calceolus
Calceolus alternifolius
Calceolus marianus
Cypripedilon marianus
Cypripedium alternifolium
Cypripedium atsmori
Cypripedium boreale
Cypripedium calceolus var. citrina
Cypripedium calceolus var. viridiflora
Cypripedium cruciatum
Cypripedium ferrugineum
Cypripedium guttatum subsp. microsaccos
Cypripedium microsaccos

Related species

Cypripedium calceolus L. - Lady's-Slipper

Traits


    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...

    You find the complete description in our identification books.

Distribution

Distribution in Europe


Cypripedium calceolus

Legend

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.


Distribution in Germany

Cypripedium calceolus

Legend

Natural, established occurences
Artificial occurences

The color intensity reflects the species' abundance

Data: Floristische Kartierung Deutschlands (Stand 2013), Bundesamt für Naturschutz (www.floraweb.de)

Ecology

Cypripedium calceolus

Cypripedium calceolus

Status

  • native

Habitat

  • perennial herbaceous vegetation, forests, shrubbery

  • in alkaline, periodically wet habitats

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