Cypripedium reginae facts for kids
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Cypripedium reginae, also known as he Showy Lady's-slipper, the Pink-and-white Lady's-slipper, or the Queen's Lady's-slipper, is a rare temperate lady's-slipper orchid native to northern North America. It grows white flowers, with pink labella.
- NatureServe (2006), "Cypripedium reginae", NatureServe Explorer: An online encyclopedia of life, Version 6.1., Arlington, Virginia
- Gray's Manual of Botany of the Northern United States, American Book Company, 1889
Images for kids
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In a forested fen in Williamstown, Massachusetts
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On a 1969 U.S. stamp
See also
In Spanish: Gran zapatilla de dama para niños
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