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Your search found 3 taxa in the family Parnassiaceae, Grass-of-Parnassus family, as understood by Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Kidneyleaf Grass-of-Parnassus, Appalachian Grass-of-Parnassus, Brook Parnassia, Appalachian Parnassia
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Parnassia asarifolia FAMILY: Parnassiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Parnassia asarifolia FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Parnassia asarifolia 094-06-001 FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
Habitat: Bogs, sphagnous seeps, brookbanks, generally in more acidic habitats than P. grandifolia, up to elevations over 1800 m
Uncommon in GA & NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Carolina Grass-of-Parnassus, Savanna Parnassia, Eyebright
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Parnassia caroliniana FAMILY: Parnassiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Parnassia caroliniana FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Parnassia caroliniana 094-06-002 FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
Habitat: Wet longleaf pine, pond pine, or pond cypress savannas (especially but not strictly where shallowly underlain by coquina limestone), sandhill seepage bogs
Rare
Native to the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Bigleaf Grass-of-Parnassus, Limeseep Parnassia
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Parnassia grandifolia FAMILY: Parnassiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Parnassia grandifolia FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Parnassia grandifolia 094-06-003 FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
Habitat: Fens, gravelly seepages, inland primarily or solely over calcareous, mafic, or ultramafic rocks; in the Coastal Plain in seepage over marl on nearly vertical river bluffs on the Cape Fear River (NC), and in acidic seepage bogs in pinelands
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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