This fellow showed up a couple of years ago. In past years the deer ate it before we got any blooms.
PictureThis plant identifier tells us that it is broad-leaved helleborine, Epipactis helleborine. It is a common woodland orchid whose range extends into Missouri. It is also known as Bastard helleborine and Poor man's lady slipper, both of which I prefer to the common name found in Wikipedia, "weed orchid." This year it bloomed.
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