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PLANTS

Showy lady's-slipper

Cypripedium reginae

Plants
NativeHerbPerennial
Showy lady's-slipper, photo 1 of 5
Showy lady's-slipper, In flower
Showy lady's-slipper, In fruit

Perennial herbaceous plant. Grows in forests and in conifers.

There are 159 observations of Showy lady's-slipper in Québec, mostly in Bas-Saint-Laurent, Outaouais and Laurentides, and it has been reported in 13 of the 17 regions. They peak in June and July and become rare from September to May.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Bas-Saint-Laurent48
  2. Outaouais22
  3. Laurentides17
  4. Capitale-Nationale17
  5. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean14
  6. Montréal12
  7. Montérégie8
  8. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine7
  9. Chaudière-Appalaches5
  10. Lanaudière4
  11. Estrie2
  12. Abitibi-Témiscamingue2
  13. Laval1

Habitat

ForestMario Hains
ConifersCephas
MarshVyacheslav Argenberg
Water’s edgepeupleloup

Similar species

Pink lady's-slipperCypripedium acaule
Lesser yellow lady's slipperCypripedium parviflorum
TOXIC
Green false helleboreVeratrum viride
Showy orchidGalearis spectabilis
Broadleaf helleborineEpipactis helleborine
Didier's tulipTulipa gesneriana
Great white trilliumTrillium grandiflorum