Lady's slipper
Common names: American Valerian, Moccasin Flower,
Nerveroot, Whippoorwill's-shoe and Yellow Indian Shoe.
Bionominal name- Cypripedium pubescens.
The plant comes into flowering age only after 10-15 years.
Height is 12-30 inches tall.
Are found across much of North America, as well as in parts
of Europe. This plant grows in the wild in forest lands and
meadows, but owing to excessive harvesting, lady's slipper is
seldom found growing in the wild. However, to a certain
extent, this herb is also cultivated.
This plant has only 2 leaves.
The color of lady's slipper flowers varies from yellowish to purplish-
brown and are borne at the top of an elongated stalk. One petal of the
flower changes into a structure akin to a yellow sac, known as the
`slipper'.
The herb has a plump rootstock that gives rise to numerous curved
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