Glauca Characteristics

	petals 3 or more times longer than sepals
	stem usually leafless, although this specimen bears one small leaf near the bottom

Parnassia Characteristics

	leaves entire, most of them basal
	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

	no milky juice
	leaves without stipules
	leaves simple (sometimes lobed), usually alternate, often all basal
	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