Parnassia fimbriata |
Parnassia glauca |
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fringe grass-of-parnassus, Rocky Mountain parnassia |
fen grass-of-parnassus |
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Habit | Herbs with caudices. | Herbs with caudices. |
Stems | 10–35 cm. |
10–60 cm. |
Leaves | basal in rosettes; petiole 2–16 cm; blade (of larger leaves) orbicular-reniform to reniform, 10–50 × 15–60 mm, base cordate, apex rounded; cauline usually on middle to distal 1/2 of stem. |
basal in rosettes; petiole 1.5–17 cm; blade (of larger leaves) oblong to orbiculate-ovate, 20–70 × 10–50 mm, longer than to ca. as long as wide, base cuneate to subcordate, apex obtuse to subacute; cauline on proximal 1/2 of stem or absent. |
Flowers | sepals reflexed in fruit, oblong-elliptic to ovate, 4–6 mm, margins hyaline, 0.2–0.5 mm wide, denticulate, erose, or short-fimbriate distally, apex rounded; petals 5–7-veined, oblanceolate to obovate, 8–14 × 4–8 mm, length 2 times sepals, base cuneate, margins fimbriate proximally; stamens 6–9 mm; anthers 1.5–2.5 mm; staminodes oblong-obovate, irregularly divided into 5–10+ oblong, obtuse lobes, usually glandular at apex but tip not differentiated into distinct gland, 3–5 mm, shorter than stamens; ovary green. |
sepals reflexed in fruit, oblong, elliptic, or ovate, 2.5–5 mm, margins hyaline, 0.2–0.5 mm wide, entire, apex rounded; petals 5–12-veined, oblong to ovate, 9–18 × 6–10 mm, length 2–4 times sepals, base cuneate to rounded, margins entire or undulate; stamens 7–10 mm; anthers 1.2–2.8 mm; staminodes 3-fid almost to base, gland-tipped, 4–7 mm, shorter than to ca. equaling stamens, apical glands elliptic-oblong to subreniform, 0.3–0.7 mm; ovary green. |
Capsules | 8–12 mm. |
12–14 mm. |
2n | = 36. |
= 32. |
Parnassia fimbriata |
Parnassia glauca |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering summer–early fall. |
Habitat | Stream banks, wet meadows, fens, seeps in forest glades, alpine ravines. | Seasonally wet meadows, shores, fens, ditches, seeps, wet, calcareous soils. |
Elevation | 10–3200 m. (0–10500 ft.) | 50–700 m. (200–2300 ft.) |
Distribution |
AK; CA; CO; ID; MT; NM; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC; NT; YT
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CT; IA; IL; IN; MA; ME; MI; MN; ND; NH; NJ; NY; OH; PA; RI; SD; VT; WI; MB; NB; NF; ON; QC; SK
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Discussion | The name Parnassia caroliniana has been misapplied to this species (for example, N. L. Britton and A. Brown 1913). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 12, p. 115. | FNA vol. 12, p. 116. |
Parent taxa | Celastraceae > Parnassia | Celastraceae > Parnassia |
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Name authority | K. D. König: Ann. Bot. (König & Sims) 1: 391. (1804) | Rafinesque: Autik. Bot., 42. (1840) |
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