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United Kingdom · Nature & Wildlife · Hard
Which rare flowering plant, found only in a few limestone pavements in the Yorkshire Dales and Cumbria, has grass-like leaves and a delicate white star-shaped flower?
Answer: Lady's-slipper orchid — The lady's-slipper orchid (Cypripedium calceolus) was reduced to a single plant in the wild before a reintroduction programme by Kew and Natural England began in the 1980s.
- A Marsh helleborine
- B Bee orchid
- C Dark-red helleborine
- D Lady's-slipper orchid ✓
The lady's-slipper orchid (Cypripedium calceolus) was reduced to a single plant in the wild before a reintroduction programme by Kew and Natural England began in the 1980s.