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Pink Lady's Slipper

Cypripedium acaule

Photo by alfrediguana
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39.6951, -79.1511

Field Notes

Description:

The plant consists of two plicate leaves near the ground. From between those leaves sprouts a long, pubescent stalk that bears a single pink flower.

Habitat:

In a pine forest in western MD, Garrett County. There are usually a few growing in the same little area.

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Cypripedium acaule

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