Yellow Lady Slipper

Description:

Flower is irregular with a yellow pouch-shaped lower lip up to 2 inches long and a V-shaped column above the mouth of the pouch. The column and rim of the mouth are usually covered in reddish spots or stripes and there may be faint stripes on the sides and bottom of the pouch. What appears to be 4 or 5 narrow petals, each up to 3 inches long, are striped or spotted greenish brown and twisted to varying degrees; usually 1 is erect and 1 spreads out at each side. One plant typically has a single flower, occasionally 2

Habitat:

found in all states but Nevada found in shade/sunny woodlands

Notes:

This plant was photographed at the Red Butte Botanical Garden in Salt LAke City