Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: Parnassia palustris

Northern Grass-of-Parnassus

Northern Grass-of-Parnassus

Anne Elliott
26 Jan 2008 126
Northern Grass-of-Parnassus is one of my favourite wildflowers. Only one small flower grows on each stem - these three stems just happened to have bent over close to each other.
Grass-of-Parnassus

Grass-of-Parnassus

Anne Elliott
08 Aug 2008 116
This is such a pretty wildflower. My favourite thing about it is the way the 7-15 gland-tipped divisions of the greenish-yellow stamens look as if they have been meticulously made from glass. There is a similar flower called Small Grass-of-Parnassus, but it only has 5-7 of these gland-tipped divisions. Photographed on a walk at Griffith Woods, off Highway 8 in the city. Details are much better when seen in large size, if you are interested.
Grass-of-Parnassus

Grass-of-Parnassus

Anne Elliott
05 Aug 2007 121
Saw this beautiful little wildflower this afternoon on a walk at Griffith Woods.
Grass-of-Parnassus

Grass-of-Parnassus

Anne Elliott
27 Jul 2007 142
Saw this small wildflower on a walk in Weaselhead yesterday morning. "The genus is named after Mount Parnassus, a mountain in central Greece, which in mythology was sacred to Apollo."