Yellow Lady's Slipper

Cypripedium parviflorum

no photo — written note
photo: Wikimedia Commons
PlantsSensitive species

A bright yellow slipper with twisted brown side petals in rich woods and fens.

Field facts
HabitatRich woods, fens, seep edges
RangeScattered statewide
When to lookMay to June
StatusUncommon in Indiana (Indiana DNR / IUCN Red List)
Look-alikesShowy Lady's Slipper

Field note: Insects enter the pouch easily and must exit past the pollen to escape.

Lesson
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Photograph without kneeling into the colony; roots sit just under the litter.

This species is treated as sensitive: locations are generalised to county level and never routed to directly.

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