Parnassia californica Calflora

Taxon Report

Parnassia californica (A. Gray) E. Greene

(not an active name)

California grass of parnassus, Grass of parnassus

2001 Jeff Abbas

Parnassia californica is a perennial herb that is native to California, and found only slightly beyond California borders.

also called Parnassia palustris


	Plant Range Observation Search ~414 records in California Plant Characteristics

Photos on Calflora


Genus:	Parnassia
Family:	Parnassiaceae (Saxifragaceae)
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Habitat: meadows

Communities: Yellow Pine Forest, Red Fir Forest, Lodgepole Forest, Subalpine Forest, Mixed Evergreen Forest, Foothill Woodland, wetland-riparian

Name Status:
Accepted by PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Parnassia palustris var. californica
JEF	Parnassia palustris

Information about Parnassia californica from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. USDA PLANTS Profile (PACA18) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 11/21/2024).