Cypripedium pubescens
(Greater Yellow Lady's Slipper)

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Facts About this Plant:

    Common Names: Greater Yellow Lady's Slipper
    Lifespan: Perennial
    Zones: 3 - 8
    Type: Forb
    Bloom Time: May - June
    Status: Native
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Cypripedium pubescens, or Greater Yellow Lady's Slipper, is one of the most common orchids, native to all but 8 states. It is, however, rarer in the western US. It is a perennial that grows in moist to dryish open woods, on woodland edges, as well as in swamps and bogs, and sometimes along roadsides and railroads, in appropriate conditions. It blooms in late spring and early summer with yellow flowers.

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