SAXIFRAGE FAMILY 
( Saxifragacece ) 
(A) Grass of Paraassus (Parnassia caroliniana) is 
a pretty little swamp or meadow plant growing from 
8 to 24 inches high. The flowers are a delicate creamy 
white, finely veined with greenish, and borne singly on 
long scapes; a single, heart-shaped leaf clasps each 
flower scape a short distance above its base. The basal 
leaves are long-stemmed, rather thick and coarse in tex¬ 
ture, smooth-edged and bluntly pointed. 
We find this species in bloom from the latter part of 
June until the end of September, most abundantly in 
the latter month. It ranges from Newfoundland to 
Manitoba, south to Va. and Mo. 
(B) Early Saxifrage (Saxifraga virginiensis) is a 
tiny-flowered plant that loves dry, sunny, rocky hill¬ 
sides. It flowers during March and April. The leaves 
are all basal; spatulate in shape, blunt ended, either 
rough-edged or toothed, rather coarse in texture, nar¬ 
rowing towards their base into clasping stems. Saxi¬ 
frage is common from N. B. to Minn, south to Ga. and 
Tenn. 
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