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Photographer: Derek Anderson
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Family Orchidaceae
Cypripedium candidum Muhl. ex Willd.
small white lady's-slipper, white lady's-slipper
Cypripedium: incorrect Latinization of ancient Greek words meaning "Venus's shoe"
candidum: from Latin for "shining white"
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| Status: | Threatened |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 6"-16" tall forb |
| Flower: | 6-parted, pouch 1/2"-1 1/4" long, white with violet veins inside; sepals twisted, greenish, often with red stripes; solitary flower; blooms May-June |
| Leaf: | lower leaves a few clasping scales, the 3-5 upper leaves lance-like to narrowly elliptical, often overlapping at the base |
| Habitat: | wet to moist; wet prairies; in limy soil |
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