About Parnassia fimbriata Banks
Parnassia fimbriata Banks is a perennial herb. It grows an erect flowering stem from a cluster of basal leaves. Each leaf has a rounded blade at the end of a long petiole, and the entire leaf can reach up to 16 centimeters in total length. The inflorescence can grow up to 40 centimeters tall. It consists of a mostly bare peduncle, with one clasping bract located midway up the stem. Each inflorescence bears a single flower. Behind the flower’s five petals are five small jagged sepals. The petals are veined, fringed, white, and each is roughly one centimeter long. At the center of the flower are five stamens and five staminodes, whose edges are lined with many narrow, round-tipped lobes.
