Parnassia cirrata

San Bernardino Grass-Of-Parnassus

Family: Parnassiaceae · Type: perennial · Native

San Bernardino grass-of-Parnassus is a California native perennial found in rocky or moist habitats at mid to high elevation ranges. Flowering from late summer to early autumn, this delicate plant produces white flowers with distinctive fringed petals 8 to 15 millimeters long and elegantly shaped staminodes. Growing with slender stems 17 to 43 centimeters tall, it emerges with graceful vertical presence. Its leaves are round-ovate, measuring 3 to 18 centimeters in length, with blades 1 to 6 centimeters wide that taper to a softly heart-shaped base. The fruit develops 5 to 13 millimeters long, completing its subtle reproductive cycle.

California counties: Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Tehama, Trinity, Siskiyou, Shasta

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.