Grass of Parnassus.Parnassia Caroliniana.
Found in moist ground from July to September.
The flower-stems rise from a cluster of leaves to the height of 6 or 12 inches usually.
The leaf is rounding, often scoop-shaped or sometimes heart-shaped at the base, with an entire margin, and a thick, leathery texture; in color an opaque dull green. It is set on a long stem, and rises from the root.
The flower is like a shallow saucer, formed of 5 white petals which are much veined with hair lines of pale green; the green calyx is 5-parted; the pistil is green, and surrounded by 5 large-tipped stamens, which alternate with the petals, and a second circle of stamens without anthers,—all straw-color. It is borne singly on a long one-leafed stem.