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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Celastrales |
| Family: | Celastraceae |
| Genus: | Parnassia |
| Species: | P. palustris
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| Binomial name | |
| Parnassia palustris | |
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Parnassia palustris, the marsh grass of Parnassus, northern grass-of-Parnassus, or just grass-of-Parnassus,[2] and bog star,[3] is a flowering plant in the staff-vine family Celastraceae.[4]
It is the county flower of Cumberland in England, and appears on its flag.[5]
The name comes from ancient Greece: evidently the cattle on Mount Parnassus appreciated the plant; hence it was an "honorary grass".[6] The specific epithet palustris is Latin for "of the marsh" and indicates its common habitat.[7] It was described by the Greek physician Dioscorides, growing up a mountain in 1st century A.D.[8]
- ^ NatureServe (2024). "Parnassia palustris". Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ "Parnassia palustris". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture.
- ^ "Plants Profile — Parnassia palustris L., marsh grass of Parnassus". U.S. Department of Agriculture — Natural Resources Conservation Service. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
- ^ "Cumberland Flag". Flag Institute. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- ^ "Grass-of-Parnassus". Plantlife. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
- ^ Archibald William Smith A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names: Their Meanings and Origins, p. 258, at Google Books
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