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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, pineland seepage bogs and ecotones, primarily or solely over calcareous, mafic, or ultramafic rocks, in the outer Coastal Plain in seepage over marl on nearly vertical river bluffs on the Cape Fear River (NC) and in pineland seepage bogs
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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