Parnassia palustris L.

Taxonomy: Fam. Parnassiaceae// Genus: Parnassia// Species: Parnassia palustris L.

Determined according to the botanical key provided in The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia (Micevski, 1998).

Distribution: Native to Subarctic and Temperate Northern Hemisphere according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat: Wet habitats- mountain streams, wetland, sphagnum bogs.

Lifeform: Perrenial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiaer system.

Flowering period: Mid summer to early fall: JUL, AUG, SEP.

Parnassia palustris – habit in habitat. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Parnassia palustris – habit. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Parnassia palustris – habit. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Parnassia palustris – habit. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Parnassia palustris – habit. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Parnassia palustris – habit. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Parnassia palustris – habit. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Parnassia palustris – habit. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Parnassia palustris – flowering stems. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Parnassia palustris – flower. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Parnassia palustris – flower. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Parnassia palustris – flower. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Parnassia palustris – flower. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Parnassia palustris – flower. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Parnassia palustris – flower. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Parnassia palustris – flower. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Parnassia palustris – calyx of flower. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Parnassia palustris – calyx of flower. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Parnassia palustris – capsule. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Parnassia palustris – capsule. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Parnassia palustris – capsules. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Parnassia palustris – capsule with seeds. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Parnassia palustris – capsule with seeds. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Parnassia palustris – stems. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Parnassia palustris – stem. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Parnassia palustris – lower part of plant- basal and cauline leaves. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Parnassia palustris – cauline leaves. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Parnassia palustris – cauline leaf Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Parnassia palustris – abaxial side of cauline leaf Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Parnassia palustris – basal leaves. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Parnassia palustris – basal leaves. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Micevski, K. (1998). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 4. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Parnassia palustris L. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:792120-1 [Accessed 22.06.2022].

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