This section is from the book "Who's Who Among The Wild Flowers", by W. I. Beecroft. Also available from Amazon: A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants.
Liparis liliifolia.
Orchis Family. June - July.
Found in woodlands. New Hampshire to Minnesota, Missouri, and Alabama.
Madder-purple or greenish, lip broad, translucent, other divisions exceedingly narrow; 5 - 15 flowers borne on stem 4 - 9 inches high.
2, from the base, broad, shining.
 
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