Pink Lady’s Slipper (Cypripedium acaule)

         The Pink Lady's Slipper is a native perennial. It has one 2-1/2-inch-tall flower per leafless stalk. They can grow six to 15 inches tall. Flowers are made of an inflated lower pedal with red veins and a groove down the middle. The basal, ground level leaves get up to 10 inches long and are deeply veined. It grows in dry, shade conifer woodlands. (LS)