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
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
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The color intensity reflects the species' abundance
Data: Floristische Kartierung Deutschlands (Stand 2013), Bundesamt für Naturschutz (www.floraweb.de)
Ecology
Status
Habitat
perennial herbaceous vegetation, forests, shrubbery
in alkaline, periodically wet habitats