Parnassia glauca
Glaucous Grass-of-Parnassus
Bog in Assiniboine Slopes, near Togo 27-July-01
Glauca Characteristics
petals 3 or more times longer than sepals
Parnassia Characteristics
flowers singly on long stems
5 sepals and 5 sepals
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