Slipperwort is the name of a group of hundreds of species (kinds) of shrubby and nonwoody plants whose blossoms are shaped somewhat like slippers. They are native to tropical America, but several are grown in hothouses and gardens in temperate parts of North America. Slipperworts have many flowers. Popular species of the plant include the common slipperwort, with spotted yellow flowers, and the bush slipperwort, which has small yellow flowers.
