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PLANTS

Pink lady's-slipper

Cypripedium acaule

Plants
NativeHerbPerennialmai to juin
Pink lady's-slipper, photo 1 of 5
Pink lady's-slipper, In flower
Pink lady's-slipper, In fruit
15–61 cmHeight

Perennial herbaceous plant reaching 15–61 cm. Grows in forests and in conifers. Flowers from May to June.

There are 4,467 observations of Pink lady's-slipper in Québec, mostly in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Outaouais and Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, and it has been reported in every region. They peak in June and become rare from September to April.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Abitibi-Témiscamingue568
  2. Outaouais470
  3. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean449
  4. Laurentides429
  5. Estrie428
  6. Capitale-Nationale416
  7. Mauricie375
  8. Lanaudière316
  9. Chaudière-Appalaches281
  10. Côte-Nord205
  11. Centre-du-Québec156
  12. Bas-Saint-Laurent136
  13. Montérégie130
  14. Nord-du-Québec68
  15. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine32
  16. Montréal6
  17. Laval2

Habitat

ForestMario Hains
ConifersCephas
MarshVyacheslav Argenberg
MountainJosyan Pierson
TundraLkovac

Similar species

Showy lady's-slipperCypripedium reginae
TOXIC
BluebeadClintonia borealis
Lesser yellow lady's slipperCypripedium parviflorum
TOXIC
False Solomon's-sealMaianthemum racemosum
Showy orchidGalearis spectabilis
Canada mayflowerMaianthemum canadense
Fairy-slipper orchidCalypso bulbosa
Lesser roundleaved orchidPlatanthera orbiculata
TOXIC
Green false helleboreVeratrum viride
Ram's-head lady's-slipperCypripedium arietinum
PitcherplantSarracenia purpurea
Didier's tulipTulipa gesneriana