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