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Photographer: Derek Anderson
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Family Orchidaceae
Cypripedium reginae Walter
queen lady's-slipper, showy lady's-slipper
Cypripedium: incorrect Latinization of ancient Greek words meaning "Venus's shoe"
reginae: Latin for "of the queen"
Hazardous 
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| Status: | Special Concern |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 16"-40" tall forb, hairy; stems leafy |
| Flower: | 6-parted; pouch 1"- 2" long, white with pink, streaked with dark red outside, purple inside; petals and sepals white, flat, oblong; inflorescence of 1-3 flowers; blooms June-July |
| Leaf: | elliptical, clasping, heavily ribbed, hairy |
| Habitat: | wet; woods, bogs, fens, conifer swamps of mostly cedar |
| Notes: | skin irritant |
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