moccasin flower

The yellow moccasin flower is the whippoorwill's shoe.

The English call it lady's-slipper; the Indians know it as the moccasin flower.

So she cried out aloud in her gratitude: ‘Oh, the moccasin flower! the moccasin flower!’ and ever since then this shoe-like blossom has been beloved of all the children in the world.

From its name—Minnesota—to its floral emblem—the moccasin flower—the State everywhere bears the impress of former occupation.

On the reverse side are the words, "Presented by the State of Minnesota to——," encircled by a wreath of moccasin flowers, which is the flower of the state.