| Family | CELASTRACEAE |
| Genus species | Parnassia palustris L. |
| Synonyms | Parnassia alpina Dalla Torre |
| Parnassia europaea Pers. | |
| Parnassia vanensis Azn. | |
| 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 | tuft |
| 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 |
| Territory |
Circumpolar
Europe Northern Europe (Denmark , Finland , Great Britain , Iceland , Ireland , Norway , Sweden ) Middle Europe (Austria , Belgium , Czechoslovakia , Germany , Hungary , Netherlands , Poland , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (France , Spain ) Southeastern Europe (Albania , Bulgaria , Greece , Italy , Romania , Yugoslavia ) Eastern Europe (Belarus , Baltic States , Central European Russia , East European Russia , North European Russia , Northwest European Russia , Ukraine ) Africa Northern Africa (Morocco ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Chita , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva , West Siberia , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Amur , Kamchatka , Khabarovsk , Kuril Is. , Magadan , Primorye , Sakhalin ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan , Kirgizistan , Tadzhikistan ) Caucasus (Transcaucasus ) Western Asia (Iran , Iraq , Turkey ) China (Xinjiang ) Eastern Asia (Japan , Korea ) Northern America Subarctic America (Aleutian Is. , Alaska , Nunavut , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia , Manitoba , Saskatchewan ) Eastern Canada (Labrador , Newfoundland , Ontario , Québec ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Colorado , Idaho , Montana , Oregon , Washington , Wyoming ) North-Central U.S.A. (Minnesota , North Dakota , South Dakota , Wisconsin ) Northeastern U.S.A. (Michigan ) Southwestern U.S.A. (Arizona , California , Nevada , Utah ) South-Central U.S.A. (New Mexico) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
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| Comments | CELASTRACEAE
palustris izuinsularis H.Ohba, J. Jap. Bot. 62(5): 139 (1987)
palustris pseudoalpicola Vorosch. & Makarov, Byull. Glavn. Bot. Sada (Moscow) 130: 38 (1984)
palustris yakusimensis (Masam.) H.Ohba, J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3. Bot. 14(2): 88 (1987)
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