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Read more about Kidneyleaf Grass-of-Parnassus at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Celastrales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Parnassia asarifolia
FAMILY
Parnassiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Parnassia asarifolia
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 094-06-001:
Parnassia asarifolia
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
COMMON NAME:
Kidneyleaf Grass-of-Parnassus, Appalachian Grass-of-Parnassus, Brook Parnassia
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_paas2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm200522_5144
May Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm0308w_10
August Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Petals grayish-veined; the 5 stamens separated by shorter sterile stamens, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm0308x_06
August Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Kidney-shaped leaves 1-2" long and somewhat wider, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
COMPARE
leaves of Grass-of-Parnassus species
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JK Marlow jkm080924_009
September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm080924_017b
September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
3 sterile stamens joined at the base comprise each of the 5 staminodia, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm090913_099
September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Note that stamens elongate after staminodia; check lengths in several flowers, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm090913_103
September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Fruit is a 4-parted capsule with numerous seeds, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
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JK Marlow jkm090913_124
September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_p_asarifolia_1
October Union County GA
Chattahoochee National Forest
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Steve Marlow snm110412_052
November Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
The sterile stamens (staminodes) glisten like nectar droplets but are dry, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
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L.L. (Chick) Gaddy llg_7962
Month Unknown
One of the noteworthy seepage species of high elevations, per Alpine South: Plants and Plant Communities of the High Elevations of the Southern Appalachians.