Family | CELASTRACEAE |
Genus species | Parnassia kotzebuei Cham. ex Spreng. |
Bibliography | Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 951 (1824) |
Native Range | ne. Siberia to Russian Far East, Subarctic America to Rocky Mts. |
Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
Habitat | bogs, marshes |
Altitude | 0-3800m |
Description | basal leaves rhombic-ovate to subtriangular, to 6cm long, at base rounded, floral stem leafless, flowers ca. 15mm across, petals oblong to elliptic |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | very moist to boggy, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, sandy soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | fresh seed, germ. 3-12 months, 13-16°C division in early spring |
Synonyms | Parnassia kotzebuei var. pumila C.L.Hitchc. & Ownbey |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, MAG Magadan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba, SAS Saskatchewan) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NFL Newfoundland, ONT Ontario, QUE Québec) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (NEV Nevada) |