Glauca Characteristics

petals 3 or more times longer than sepals

Parnassia Characteristics

	flowers singly on long stems
	5 sepals and 5 sepals
	5 clusters of small, gland-tipped, sterile stamens (staminodia) opposite the petals
	5 fertile stamens alternating with petals
	superior ovary
	stigmas usually 4, nearly sessile

Saxifragaceae Characteristics

	flowers usually perfect and regular
	usually 2 floral rings (petals absent in Chrysoplenium)
	hypanthium usually well-developed, often with a disk
	receptacle cup-shaped
	5 (sometimes 4) sepals, separate or partially united
	5 (sometimes 0 or 4) separate petals
	5 or 10 stamens