Lady's Slippers belong to what flower family?

Orchid (orchidaceae)


Jewelweed (balsaminaceae)


Figwort (scrophulriaceae)


Nightshade(solanaceae)

Lady's Slippers belong to what flower family?
Lady's Slippers are of the orchidaceae family. As an example:





Pink Lady's-slipper (Pink Moccasin-flower)


Cypripedium acaule





• Family: Orchid (Orchidaceae)


• Habitat: acid woods, sphagnum fens


• Height: 6-15 inches


• Flower size: 3 inches long


• Flower color: pink and brown, or, rarely, white and green


• Flowering time: May to July


• Origin: native





All other Lady's Slippers are also of the orchid family.





Second source (Wikipedia):





Lady Slippers (aka Lady's Slipper, Lady's-slipper, Ladyslipper) is a term used to describe the orchids in the subfamily Cypripedioidea, which includes the genera Cypripedium, Mexipedium, Paphiopedilum, Phragmipedium and Selenipedium, distinguished by their slipper-shaped pouches (modified labellums), which function by trapping insects so that they are forced to climb up past the staminode, behind which they collect or deposit pollinia.
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Yellow Lady's-slipper


Cypripedium parviflorum (Cypripedium calceolus)


The classification of our native yellow lady's-slippers has not been settled. Formerly, they were considered to be the same species as Eurasian yellow lady's-slippers -- Cypripedium calceolus. The modern trend is to separate the American plants from the Eurasian, but the number of American species is under debate. Some botanists recognize two species in northeastern U.S. -- Cypripedium parviflorum and Cypripedium pubescens, but these species are defined differently by different authorities. On this site, we are following the Flora of North America, which classifies all yellow lady's-slippers of northeastern U.S. as Cypripedium parviflorum. Yellow lady's-slipper is rare in Connecticut; it is classified as a species of special concern in the state.





• Family: Orchid (Orchidaceae)


• Habitat: bogs, shady swamps, wet woods


• Height: 18-24 inches


• Flower size: yellow lip petal 1 to 2 inches long


• Flower color:


• Flowering time: May to June


• Origin: native
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