Parnassia glauca

Glaucous Grass-of-Parnassus

Bog in Assiniboine Slopes, near Togo
27-July-01

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Glauca Characteristics
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petals 3 or more times longer than sepals

 

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Parnassia Characteristics
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flowers singly on long stems

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5 sepals and 5 sepals

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5 clusters of small, gland-tipped, sterile stamens (staminodia) opposite the petals

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5 fertile stamens alternating with petals

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superior ovary

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stigmas usually 4, nearly sessile

 

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Saxifragaceae Characteristics
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flowers usually perfect and regular

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usually 2 floral rings (petals absent in Chrysoplenium)

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hypanthium usually well-developed, often with a disk

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receptacle cup-shaped

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5 (sometimes 4) sepals, separate or partially united

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5 (sometimes 0 or 4) separate petals

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5 or 10 stamens