[The Saxifrage Family West of the Cascade Mountains Of Oregon and Washington]

Grass-of-Parnassus West of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington

The Genus Parnassia

Now part of the Celastraceae (Washington) or Parnassiaceae (Oregon)

Close-up view of the underside of the flower (and sepals) of Cascade Grass-of-Parnassus, Fringed Grass-of-Parnassus: Parnassia cirrata var. intermedia (Synonyms: Parnassia fimbriata var. hoodiana, Parnassia fimbriata var. intermedia, Parnassia intermedia) - Habitat of Cascade Grass-of-Parnassus, Fringed Grass-of-Parnassus: Parnassia cirrata var. intermedia (Synonyms: Parnassia fimbriata var. hoodiana, Parnassia fimbriata var. intermedia, Parnassia intermedia) - Close-up of a flower of Cascade Grass-of-Parnassus, Fringed Grass-of-Parnassus: Parnassia cirrata var. intermedia (Synonyms: Parnassia fimbriata var. hoodiana, Parnassia fimbriata var. intermedia, Parnassia intermedia)

Cascade Grass-of-Parnassus: Parnassia cirrata var. intermedia

Cascade Grass-of-Parnassus: Parnassia cirrata var. intermedia (Synonyms: Parnassia fimbriata var. hoodiana, Parnassia fimbriata var. intermedia, Parnassia intermedia) -

Fringed Grass-of-Parnassus: Parnassia fimbriata (Synonym: Parnassia fimbriata var. fimbriata) - Leaves basal and broadly heart- or kidney-shaped. Leaf margins entire. Flowers large and showy, with 5 white petals which are fringed at their bases. Staminodia short and thick.

California Grass-of-Parnassus, Grass-of-Parnassus, Northern Grass-of-Parnassus: Parnassia palustris (Synonyms: Parnassia californica, Parnassia multiseta, Parnassia palustris ssp. neogaea, Parnassia palustris var. californica, Parnassia palustris var. montanensis, Parnassia palustris var. neogaea, Parnassia palustris var. palustris, Parnassia palustris var. tenuis) -

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