The wild lady slipper, left, was chosen as the first state flower ... But it was the showy lady slipper that got the honor. (Marci Schmitt/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

Minnesota’s state flower, the pink-and-white lady slipper (also known as the showy lady slipper or the queen’s lady slipper), is the only state flower that is a member of Orchidaceae ...

Find out your state flower and fun ... Arkansas. Minnesota State Flower: Pink and White Lady's Slipper The pink and white ...

And we discovered that Minnesota ... depicted a white lady’s slipper that does not grow here. It wasn’t corrected until 1957. Some other interesting facts about our state flower: It is a ...

The Showy Lady's Slipper is Minnesota's state flower, and it's against the law to pick it without permission from the landowner. The flowers can live for up to 100 years, and blossom only two ...

Colorado, home to the native blue columbine, also has established a law that prohibits digging up the flower on public lands. Minnesota dubbed the non-native Yellow lady’s slipper the state ...

Let’s be careful with our terminology, first: Paul is referring to the showy lady’s slipper, the Minnesota state flower since 1902 and a protected species since 1925. The orchids can have a ...

A cluster of Minnesota’s state flower was taken without permission from public land west of New Ulm. Brown County Sheriff’s Office received a report last week the Showy lady slippers were ...