Definition of Parnassia fimbriata

1. Noun. Bog plant with broadly heart-shaped basal leaves and cream-colored or white saucer-shaped flowers with fringed petals; west of Rocky Mountains from Alaska to New Mexico.

Exact synonyms: Fringed Grass Of Parnassus
Generic synonyms: Wild Flower, Wildflower
Group relationships: Genus Parnassia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Parnassia Fimbriata

Parliament
Parliament House
Parliamentarian
Parliamentarians
Parma
Parma ham
Parmelia
Parmeliaceae
Parmenidean
Parmenides
Parmesan
Parmesans
Parmese
Parnahiba
Parnaiba
Parnell
Parnika
Parochetus
Parochetus communis
Parona
Parona's space
Parophrys
Parophrys vitulus
Parousia
Parpi
Parrish
Parrot's disease

Literary usage of Parnassia fimbriata

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Botanical Miscellany: Containing Figures and Descriptions of Such Plants as by William Jackson Hooker (1830)
"parnassia fimbriata ... parnassia fimbriata. Kun. in Ann. of Hot. v. 1. j>. 391. Smith in Rees' Cycl. ..."

2. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1916)
"... Oxyria digyna, Caltha Macounii, Ranunculus Eschscholtzii. Petasites frigida, Thalictrum occidentale, parnassia fimbriata, ..."

3. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1893)
"Jamesia americana Torr. <t Gr. Trau to Cameron's Cone, near Manitou, Colo. parnassia fimbriata Banks. Beaver Canon, Idaho. Parnassia parviflora, DC. Salida. ..."

4. North American Flora by New York Botanical Garden (1905)
"parnassia fimbriata Konig, Ann. Bot. l : 391. 1804. Rootstock short, ascending. ... parnassia fimbriata S. Wats. Bot. King's Exp. 97, in part. 1871. ..."

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