General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Wet
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Plant Height: 6-8 inches
Plant Spread: 4 inches
Leaves: Semi-evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Green
White
Other: five petals, some light green venation
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Suitable Locations: Bog gardening
Uses: Will Naturalize
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Pollinators: Self
Beetles
Flies
Bees

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Common names
  • Grass Of Parnassus
  • Marsh grass of Parnassus
  • Grass of Parnassis
  • Bog Star

Photo Gallery
Location: Hohe Tauern - Austria
Location: Hohe Tauern - Austria
Location: Johnston Canyon, Banff, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-02
Location: Hohe Tauern - Austria
Location: Johnston Canyon, Banff, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-02
Location: Johnston Canyon, Banff, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-02
Location: Johnston Canyon, Banff, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-02
The special "one clasping leaf"
Location: BG Delft (The Netherlands)
Date: 2015-10-03
Location: Iceland
Location: Iceland
Location: Johnston Canyon, Banff, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-02
Location: Johnston Canyon, Banff, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-02
Location: Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam
Date: 2015-10-04

Date: July
credit: Albert H.

credit: Jacob W. Frank

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