USDA Forest Service Celebrating Wildflowers
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Beauty of It AllMeet The Ladies: The Slipper OrchidsCypripedium passerinum: Sparrow's egg lady's slipperSparrow's egg lady's slipper occurs farther north than any other Cypripedium in boreal and sub-arctic regions of Canada and Alaska and south to northern Montana.
Cypripedium passerinum is a small multi-stemmed species with stems up to 18 inches in height. The mature stem has 3 to 5 leaves and up to 3 flowers. The petals and labellum are white with purple spots which are thought to resemble a sparrow's egg; the dorsal sepal is pale green. Cypripedium passerinum grows in spruce forests in thickets and openings, as well as bogs, tundra, and in coarse soils of terraces and stream banks. For More Information |
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