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Parnassiaceae
Parnassia

not marked as a favorite taxon Parnassia asarifolia Ventenat. Common name: Appalachian Parnassia, Kidney-leaved Grass-of-Parnassus, Appalachian Grass-of-Parnassus, Brook Parnassia. Phenology: (Jul-) Aug-Nov (-Dec). Habitat: Bogs, sphagnous seeps, brookbanks, generally in more acidic habitats than P. grandifolia, up to elevations over 1800 m. Distribution: VA, e. WV, sw. AR south to GA; disjunct in the Coastal Plain of e. TX and sc. AR (in acidic seepages), but primarily in the Appalachian and Ozarkian highlands.

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Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, F, FNA12, G, GW2, K4, RAB, S, S13, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WV; = n/a — Tat. Basionym: Parnassia asarifolia Vent. 1804

Links to other floras: = Parnassia asarifolia - FNA12

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
  • Great Plains: OBL

Heliophily ⓘ: 6

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image #1 of Parnassia asarifolia© Will Stuart | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Parnassia asarifolia© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Parnassia asarifolia© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Parnassia asarifolia© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Parnassia asarifolia© Edwin Bridges | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Parnassia asarifolia© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Parnassia asarifolia© Edwin Bridges | Original Image ⭷
image #8 of Parnassia asarifolia© Edwin Bridges | Original Image ⭷
image #9 of Parnassia asarifolia© Alan Cressler: Parnassia asarifolia, Habitat, Blue Ridge Parkway, Jackson County, North Carolina 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #11 of Parnassia asarifolia© Alan Cressler: parnassia asarifolia, brasstown valley seeps, union county, georgia 3 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #14 of Parnassia asarifolia© Radford, Ahles and Bell | Original Image ⭷
image #15 of Parnassia asarifolia© Alan Cressler: Parnassia asarifolia, and Gentiana latidens, Blue Ridge Parkway, Jackson County, North Carolina 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #16 of Parnassia asarifolia© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #19 of Parnassia asarifolia© Sonnia Hill | Original Image ⭷

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect, rhizomatous perennial of bogs, sphagnous seeps and brook banks; generally in more acidic habitats than P. grandifolia.

Stems: Stems essentially lacking; leaves and flowering scape arise from a rhizome.

Leaves: Leaves primarily basal, long-petiolate, kidney-shaped with a notched base, 1-2 in. long and to 4 in. wide, with conspicuously curved veins.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers solitary on a slender, smooth scape with 1 small, clasping leaf halfway up; white; to 1 1/3 in. wide; consisting of 5 oval petals with clawed bases and 11-15 green/tan veins, 5 sepals, 5 large stamens with whitish-tan anthers, and 15 additional stamens with orange tips (these actually 5 sterile stamens divided into 3 lobes each) and a whitish ovary.

Fruits: Fruit a 4-celled capsule.

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Height: 4-16 in.

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description: Erect, rhizomatous perennial of bogs, sphagnous seeps and brook banks; generally in more acidic habitats than P. grandifolia.

stems: Stems essentially lacking; leaves and flowering scape arise from a rhizome.

leaves: Leaves primarily basal, long-petiolate, kidney-shaped with a notched base, 1-2 in. long and to 4 in. wide, with conspicuously curved veins.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers solitary on a slender, smooth scape with 1 small, clasping leaf halfway up; white; to 1 1/3 in. wide; consisting of 5 oval petals with clawed bases and 11-15 green/tan veins, 5 sepals, 5 large stamens with whitish-tan anthers, and 15 additional stamens with orange tips (these actually 5 sterile stamens divided into 3 lobes each) and a whitish ovary.

fruits: Fruit a 4-celled capsule.

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