Common Name -  Pink Lady's Slipper
	Scientific Name - Cypripedium acaule
	Family Name -  Orchid (Orchidaceae)
Season	Perennial, late spring to early summer..
Habitat	Bogs, swamps, and coniferous forests where the soil is acid.
Flower	Pink but the color fades as the blossom ages. Each stalk bares a single flower. The flower consists of one inflated petal with three twisted brown sepals.
Leaves	Simple, oval and basal. Two leaves are attached to the base of each flower stalk.
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