| Family | CELASTRACEAE |
| Genus species | Parnassia palustris L. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 273 (1753) |
| Native Range | Subarctic & Temperate Northern Hemisphere |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | bogs, marshes |
| Description | basal leaves long petiolate, cordate, 1-3cm wide, flowers solitary, sepals oblong or elliptic, 4-6mm long, petals oval, 8-12mm long |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | ind |
| 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 alpina Dalla Torre Parnassia californica (A.Gray) Greene Parnassia ciliata Gilib. Parnassia europaea Pers. Parnassia montanensis Fernald & Rydb. Parnassia mucronata Siebold & Zucc. Parnassia multiseta (Ledeb.) Fernald Parnassia neogaea (Fernald) Kharkev Parnassia obtusiflora Rupr. Parnassia obtusiflora ssp. typica Á.Löve Parnassia ovata Ledeb. Parnassia palustris var. alpina Drude Parnassia palustris var. armena Náběle Parnassia palustris var. californica A.Gray Parnassia palustris ssp. californica (A.Gray) A.E.Murray Parnassia palustris var. calycina Rouy & E.G.Camus Parnassia palustris var. condensata Travis & Wheldon Parnassia palustris var. montanensis (Fernald & Rydb.) C.L.Hitchc. Parnassia palustris ssp. multiseta (Ledeb.) Vorosch. Parnassia palustris var. multiseta Ledeb. Parnassia palustris f. nana T.C.Ku Parnassia palustris var. neogaea Fernald Parnassia palustris ssp. neogaea (Fernald) Hultén Parnassia palustris ssp. obtusiflora (Rupr.) D.A.Webb Parnassia palustris f. pygmaea Bolzon Parnassia palustris f. rhodanthera H.Ohba & Umezu Parnassia palustris var. syuokorankeiensis Yamam. Parnassia palustris var. tenuis Wahlenb. Parnassia palustris f. ussuriensis Kom. ex Nekr. Parnassia palustris var. vulgaris Drude Parnassia parviflora ssp. californica (A.Gray) Hultén Parnassia tenuis (Wahlenb.) A.P.Khokhr. & V.N.Pavlov Parnassia vanensis Azn. Parnassia vulgaris Dum.Cours. |
| Territory | 0 Circumpolar 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (DEN Denmark, FIN Finland, GRB Great Britain, ICE Iceland, IRE Ireland, NOR Norway, SWE Sweden) 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, BGM Belgium, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, HUN Hungary, NET Netherlands, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (BLR Belarus, BLT Baltic States, RUC Central European Russia, RUE East European Russia, RUN North European Russia, RUW Northwest European Russia, UKR Ukraine) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (MOR Morocco) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur, KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, KUR Kuril Is., MAG Magadan, PRM Primorye, SAK Sakhalin) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, TUR Turkey) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan, KOR Korea) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska, 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, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (MIN Minnesota, NDA North Dakota, SDA South Dakota, WIS Wisconsin) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (MIC Michigan) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |
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