Calypso bulbosa
Calypso Fairy/ Fairy Slipper

Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)

Photo taken near Ruby Creek, Swauk Pass, wooded shaded moist hill near creek

Flowers:

Sepals and 2 petals alike, magenta with 3 darker veins; lower lip pendent, about 10 mm wide, usually whitish and spotted, streaked inside with brownish-purple

Leaves:

produced at the top of the corm in the fall and persistent through winter, whithering in summer; mostly 3-6 cm

Plant:

perennial; scapiform; mostly 5 to 20 cm tall

Habitat:

deep shade of cool, moist forests, from sea level to mid-mountain

Distribution of species:

Alaska to Laborador, south to California, Colorado, and Arizona, also in Eurasia

Distribution of genus:

1 species: North America and Eurasia