Parnassia fibriata FRINGED GRASS-OF-PARNASSIS Saxifragaceae Fringed grass-of-parnassis is a small (15-30 cm tall), hairless perennial with broad kidney-shaped leaves with smoothmargins. The flowering stem has a singe small leaf at the midpoint and a single flower at the tip. The 5 white petals are fringed with hairs and the two green and almost completely fused carpels. There are 5 fertile stamens that alternate with 5 sterile, toothed staminodes. Fringed grass-of-parnassis is common along streams and in wet seepage areas from middle to (especially) subalpine elevations.