


Pink Lady Slipper (Cypripedium acaule)
Appearance/ID tips:
This species has two opposite basal leaves with conspicuous parallel veins and a large flower at the end of an erect stalk. The flower is magenta to whitish-pink; sometimes the whitish pink flowers will have darker pink venation.
Natural History(range, habitat etc):
Dry acidic woods, and acid hummocks in bogs and poor fens
Conservation Status:
Exploitably vulnerable, but one of the more common orchids species compared to others.