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Pink Lady Slipper (Cypripedium acaule)

Image ID: 2015/cvwv05L

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Other common names: Moccasin Flower, Pink Moccasin-Flower
Native
Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid)
Height: 0.5 to 1.25 ft.
Blooms: April to July
Leaf Type: smooth
Bloom Size:  2.5 in. (typical)
Flower Description: Individual flowers, Irregular blossoms
Location: Canaan Valley/Blackwater Falls
Date:  5/23/2015
Notes: Two large petals curl to form a pouch.
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We started out as wildflowers from the bicycle trails of western Pennsylvania, but we've grown!
Meyer, Joseph E. (1918). The Herbalist and Herb Doctor. Hammond, Ind.: Indiana Herb Gardens. 400 pp.

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