Grass Of Parnassus
Taken at Aberlady on 20th August  2020 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode.
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Grass Of Parnassus
Taken at Mull Head LNR, Deerness, Orkney on 20th July 2018 using Nikon D5200
with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens
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Taken at Glen Rosa, Arran, on 17th August 2016 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode Fact File
Taken at Aberlady on 30th August 2015 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode. Fact File


Taken at Faraid Head and Balnakeil Beach  on 8th July 2014 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode. Fact File
Grass Of Parnassus
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AKA:
Parnassia palustris.
Celastrales.
Celastraceae
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Perennial.
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Wet moors.
July - September
Stalk - up to 20 cm
The name comes from ancient Greece: evidently the cattle on Mount Parnassus appreciated the plant; hence it became an "honorary " grass.