Parnassia caroliniana |
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Carolina grass of parnassus |
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Habit | Herbs with horizontal creeping rhizomes. |
Stems | 20–60 cm. |
Leaves | basal 1–2 per node on rhizomes; petiole 8–22 cm; blade (of larger leaves) ovate to suborbiculate, 20–75 × 15–70 mm, longer than to ca. as long as wide, base rounded to subcordate, apex obtuse; cauline on proximal 1/2 of stem or absent. |
Flowers | sepals reflexed in fruit, oblong to oblong-elliptic, 3.5–5 mm, margins hyaline, 0.2 mm wide, entire, apex obtuse; petals 7–12-veined, broadly ovate, 14–20 × 9–12 mm, length 3–4 times sepals, base rounded, margins entire or undulate; stamens 7–11 mm; anthers 1.8–3 mm; staminodes 3-fid almost to base, gland-tipped, 9–14 mm, longer than stamens, apical glands lanceolate, 1–1.7 mm; ovary white. |
Capsules | 10–15 mm. |
Parnassia caroliniana |
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Phenology | Flowering late summer–fall. |
Habitat | Wet pine savannas, seepage slopes, streamhead ecotones, all subject to recurring fires. |
Elevation | 10–300 m. (0–1000 ft.) |
Distribution |
FL; NC; SC
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Discussion | Parnassia caroliniana is rare throughout its range; it is listed as endangered in Florida and North Carolina. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 12, p. 117. |
Parent taxa | Celastraceae > Parnassia |
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Name authority | Michaux: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 184. (1803) |
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