Parnassia grandifolia: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Celastrales
- Family
- Celastraceae
- Genus
- Parnassia
- Species
- Parnassia grandifolia
- Scientific Name
- Parnassia grandifolia
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Parnassia grandifolia
Parnassia grandifolia, also known as bigleaf grass of Parnassus, is a flowering herbaceous plant of the family Celastraceae.
It is native to the southeastern United States, where it has a spotty distribution. Its primary habitat is open wet areas over calcareous soil, such as fens and gravelly seeps. However, in the Gulf Coastal Plain it is found in bogs and areas of wet savanna.
Parnassia grandifolia is uncommon throughout its range, often having a low number of individuals at a given site. It is considered an indicator of high quality seepage communities, and does not tolerate habitat degradation. Its specialized wetland habitat has been destroyed in many areas due to development and agriculture. As a result, this species is considered vulnerable.
It is a rosette forming perennial that produces white flowers in late summer and fall.
...Parnassia grandifolia in languages:
- English
- bigleaf grass-of-parnassus
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Parnassia alpicola
- Parnassia amoena
- Parnassia asarifolia
- Parnassia bifolia
- Parnassia brevistyla
- Parnassia cabulica
- Parnassia cacuminum
- Parnassia caroliniana
- Parnassia chinensis
- Parnassia cirrata
- Parnassia cooperi
- Parnassia crassifolia
- Parnassia davidii
- Parnassia delavayi
- Parnassia epunctulata
- Parnassia esquirolii
- Parnassia faberi
- Parnassia farreri
- Parnassia filchneri
- Parnassia fimbriata
- Parnassia foliosa
- Parnassia gansuensis
- Parnassia glauca
- Parnassia grandifolia
- Parnassia guilinensis
- Parnassia kotzebuei
- Parnassia kumaonica
- Parnassia labiata
- Parnassia laxmannii
- Parnassia longipetala
- Parnassia lutea
- Parnassia monochorifolia
- Parnassia mysorensis
- Parnassia nubicola
- Parnassia obovata
- Parnassia omeiensis
- Parnassia oreophila
- Parnassia palustris
- Parnassia parviflora
- Parnassia perciliata
- Parnassia petitmenginii
- Parnassia procul
- Parnassia pusilla
- Parnassia scaposa
- Parnassia siamensis
- Parnassia submysorensis
- Parnassia tenella
- Parnassia tibetana
- Parnassia townsendii
- Parnassia trinervis
- Parnassia wightiana
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- Parnassia yui
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