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§1 Plant

Calypso bulbosa (L.) Oakes

vernacular fairy slipper — species · Orchidaceae


USDA
CABU
GBIF
5323572
Rank
species
fairy slipper (Calypso bulbosa)
Platephotograph · Rodrigo SalaCC BY-ND source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Perennial
Group
Monocot
Family
Orchidaceae Juss.
Genus
Calypso
§2a

Native status, by region

  • AK Alaska Native
  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 77 counties across 9 states/territories
Legend Native · 77 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.


§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 77 counties across 9 states/territories.

Alaska view state ↗ 9 N
Arizona view state ↗ 3 N
Maine view state ↗ 6 N
Michigan view state ↗ 20 N
Minnesota view state ↗ 13 N
Montana view state ↗ 10 N
New Hampshire view state ↗ 2 N
New York view state ↗ 10 N
Vermont view state ↗ 4 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/CABU ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/5323572 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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