Scientific Name
Parnassia asarifolia
Common Name
Grass-of-parnassus; Kidney-leaf grass-of-parnassus
Wildflowers
Plant Fact Sheets
Consumer Hort
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Height:
8 to 10 inches
Flower/fruit:
1 inch white flower with five clawed petals; prominent green veins; five stamens alternate with petals
Flowering Season:
Fall
Foliage:
Rosette of kidney-shaped long-stalked basal leaves; single clasping leaf on the round stem
Site:
Bogs, seepage slopes, stream banks
Comments:
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