Parnassia fimbriata
Parnassia fimbriata | |
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Conservation status | |
![]() Apparently Secure (NatureServe)[1] | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Celastrales |
Family: | Celastraceae |
Genus: | Parnassia |
Species: | P. fimbriata |
Binomial name | |
Parnassia fimbriata K.D.Koenig | |
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Parnassia fimbriata is a species of flowering plant in the family Celastraceae known by the common name fringed grass of Parnassus. It was first described by Charles Konig.[2] It is native to western North America from Alaska and northwestern Canada to the southern Rocky Mountains, where it is a plant of alpine and subalpine environments, usually in wet areas.[3] Despite the common name, this is not a true grass.
Description
It is a perennial herb producing an erect flowering stem from a patch of basal leaves. The leaf has a rounded blade at the end of a long petiole, the leaf reaching a total of up to 16 centimeters long. The inflorescence may be up to 40 centimeters tall and consists of a mostly naked peduncle with one clasping bract midway up.
The single flower has five small jagged sepals behind five veined, fringed white petals each roughly a centimeter long. At the center of the flower are five stamens and five staminodes with edges of many narrow, round-tipped lobes.
References
- ^ NatureServe (2024). "Parnassia fimbriata". Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- ^ a b "Parnassia fimbriata K.D.Koenig". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- ^ Burke Herbarium Image Collection| http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Parnassia fimbriata
External links
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