Parnassia fimbriata var. intermedia (Rydb.) C. L. Hitchc.

Parnassia intermedia Rydb. sp. nov
Parnassia Jimbriata S. Wats. Bot. King's Exp. 97, in part. 1871. Not P. fimbriata Konig.
Rootstock short and erect. Petioles of the basal leaves rather stout, 5-8 cm. long ; blades broadly ovate to reniform, some subcordate at the base, 1.5-3 cm. wide, 1.5-4^ cm. long ; scape 3-4 dm. high ; bract ovate, sessile, borne slightly above the middle of the scape ; sepals elliptic, about 6 mm. long, 5-7-nerved ; petals about 1 cm. long, elliptic to obovate, fimbriate-margined below, with about 5 principal veins ; filaments filiform-subulate, 6-7 mm. long ; staminodial scales with 7-9 filiform gland-tipped filaments about 2 mm. long ; capsule 4-valved, not seen fully mature.
Type from East Humboldt Mountains, Nevada {S. Walton 370, in part). Distribution : Nevada and Oregon.