Always love seeing pink lady slippers in bloom <3

Foto tomada en la isla Apando, Formosa, Argentina 🦋

it looked even pinker irl

• Illinois: Listed as Endangered by the Illinois Endangered Species Protection Board.

• Kansas: Listed as Critically Imperiled.

• Tennessee: Listed as Special Concern.

• Ohio: Classifed as Presumed Extirpated (historical, though potential habitat remains).

• North Carolina: Listed on the W1 Watch List (rare and of conservation concern, not currently warranting active monitoring).

2021 Spotted at a local urban wilderness area; logged to iNat and confirmed by a heritage botanist; reported to the parks authority.

2024 Bulldozed so yokel assholes can go vroom vroom on some bumpity bumps on their bikes.

2026 Still mad about it. Potentially met someone yesterday who can help me get it restored somewhere in my city.

Nothoscordum bivalve grows wild on my North Central Texas property.