Cypripedium acaule

Cypripedium acaule
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
	; Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Cypripedioideae
Genus:	Cypripedium
Species:	C. acaule
Binomial name
	Cypripedium acaule; Aiton
Synonyms
	List Calceolus hirsutus (Mill.) Nieuwl. ; Cypripedium acaule f. albiflora E.L.Rand & Redfield ; Cypripedium acaule f. biflorum P.M.Br. ; Cypripedium acaule f. lancifolia House ; Cypripedium catesbianum Raf. ; Cypripedium hirsutum Mill. ; Cypripedium humile Salisb. ; Cypripedium vittatum var. planum Raf. ; Fissipes acaulis (Aiton) Small ; Fissipes acaulis f. lancifolia House ; Fissipes hirsuta (Mill.) Farw. ; Fissipes hirsuta f. albiflora (E.L.Rand & Redfield) Farw. ; ;

Cypripedium acaule is a species of flowering plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae native to eastern North America. It is currently the provincial flower of Prince Edward Island, Canada, and the state wildflower of New Hampshire, United States.

Generations before Cypripedium acaule was claimed by settler-colonists to help represent Prince Edward Island and New Hampshire, Indigenous Peoples entered into healing relations with this plant relative. For example, Algonquin Peoples, whom "form [part of] the larger cultural group known as the Anishinaabeg," traditionally called on C. acaule to treat menstrual disorders. Due to population decline, harvesting for medicinal purposes is no longer recommended. As C. acaule "takes many years to go from seed to mature plants," the gathering of seed-bearing specimens is presently unsustainable.

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