View source for Parnassia caroliniana

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|accepted_name=Parnassia caroliniana
|accepted_authority=Michaux
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Bor.-Amer.
|place=1: 184. 1803
|year=1803
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Celastraceae;Parnassia;Parnassia caroliniana
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Celastraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Parnassia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Parnassia caroliniana]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 113, 114, 116
|treatment_page=page 117
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs </b>with horizontal creeping rhizomes. <b>Stems</b> 20–60 cm. <b>Leaves</b>: basal 1–2 per node on rhizomes; petiole 8–22 cm; blade (of larger leaves) ovate to suborbiculate, 20–75 × 15–70 mm, longer than to ca. as long as wide, base rounded to subcordate, apex obtuse; cauline on proximal 1/2 of stem or absent. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals reflexed in fruit, oblong to oblong-elliptic, 3.5–5 mm, margins hyaline, 0.2 mm wide, entire, apex obtuse; petals 7–12-veined, broadly ovate, 14–20 × 9–12 mm, length 3–4 times sepals, base rounded, margins entire or undulate; stamens 7–11 mm; anthers 1.8–3 mm; staminodes 3-fid almost to base, gland-tipped, 9–14 mm, longer than stamens, apical glands lanceolate, 1–1.7 mm; ovary white. <b>Capsules</b> 10–15 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late summer–fall.
|habitat=Wet pine savannas, seepage slopes, streamhead ecotones, all subject to recurring fires.
|elevation=10–300 m.
|distribution=Fla.;N.C.;S.C.
|discussion=<p><i>Parnassia caroliniana</i> is rare throughout its range; it is listed as endangered in Florida and North Carolina.</p>
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name=Parnassia caroliniana
|author=
|authority=Michaux
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Celastraceae
|phenology=Flowering late summer–fall.
|habitat=Wet pine savannas, seepage slopes, streamhead ecotones, all subject to recurring fires.
|elevation=10–300 m.
|distribution=Fla.;N.C.;S.C.
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Bor.-Amer.
|publication year=1803
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/8f726806613d60c220dc4493de13607dd3150896/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_815.xml
|genus=Parnassia
|species=Parnassia caroliniana
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