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Showy Lady's Slipper
Cypripedium reginae
45.9897, -94.6113
Field Notes
Description:
The showy lady's slipper is Minnesota's state flower. Since 1925, the state has regulated the collection and commercial sale of this species. The showy lady's-slipper is one of 43 orchid species that grow in Minnesota. Many people consider it the most beautiful flower in the state.
Identification
General description: A brightly-colored orchid that has one or sometimes two blossoms on a single stem. White petals sit on top of a white pouch (slipper) streaked with pink. Hairy oval leaves clasp the stem.
Length: one to two feet tall.
Color: Pink, red, white, and green.
Habitat:
The lady's slipper grows in spruce and tamarack bogs, swamps, wet meadows, wet prairies, and cool, damp woods. It may be found anywhere in Minnesota where these habitats exist.
Notes:
Taken in 2003 on family's private property where it grows wild.
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