Question: Can someone help identify this plant? Last week we saw it by the shore of Lower South Branch Pond in …
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Can someone help identify this plant? Last week we saw it by the shore of Lower South Branch Pond in Baxter State Park (ME). It's at the place where people beach their canoes by the mouth of Howe Brook. This was the only flower on the plant, and I didn't find any others like it in the area. The plant is not more than 12 inches high, and the flower was about 3/4 inch long.
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Kimberly, good afternoon. I have studied these images and I have asked a large number of botanists. No one can identify this plant, and it has been suspected of being a fake or staged somehow. That is not an accusation I'm leveling toward you, but trying to help you understand how baffled we all are. Can you connect with me at ahaines@nativeplanttrust.org so I can get directions and try to find this plant the next time I'm in that part of the world. Thank you and best wishes.
