Lucas Land
Bog Twayblade
Liparis loeselii
From Minnesota
A raceme of 3 to 19 glowing, greenish yellow flowers, less than ½ inch long. Flowers are a spidery array of 3 pale sepals and 2 thread-like petals set about a wider, curled lower lip and a pollinia tipped center column
There are 2 basal leaves, oblong-elliptic, gently pointed, 1½ to 9½ inches long, up to 1½ inches wide, glossy on the upper surface, and sheathing lower stem. Leaves and stem are hairless. The stem is angled.