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Cypripedium reginae is a Cypripedium species found from Central to Eastern North America
Description[]
Plant blooms in early summer with one to three, rarely four, 3-5 cm flowers.
Distribution[]
Found in calcareous swamps, bogs, and moist woods, ranging from Central Saskatchewan over to Newfoundland and Labrador in the north, and southward into Eastern USA.
Culture[]
Variants[]
Naming[]
Common names: The Showy Lady's Slipper
Synonyms[]
- Cypripedium' reginae f. albolabium Fernald & B.G.Schub., Rhodora 50: 230 (1948).
- Cypripedium' reginae f. album (Aiton) House, Bull. New York State Mus. Nat. Hist. 243-244: 37 (1923).
- Cypripedium' hirsutum f. album R.Hoffm., Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 36: 246 (1922).
- Calceolus' reginae (Walter) Nieuwl., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 117 (1913).
- Cypripedium' reginae var. album (Aiton) Rolfe, Orchid Rev. 19: 208 (1911).
- Cypripedium' canadense Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 261 (1803).
- Cypripedium' spectabile Salisb., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 1: 78 (1791).
- Cypripedium' album Aiton, Hort. Kew. 3: 303 (1789).