In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring.... of the genus
Genus
A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species.... Parnassia
Grass of Parnassus
Grass of Parnassus is the English language name for the genus Parnassia, also known as Bog-stars. Parnassia is considered by many authors the only genus in the Family Parnassiaceae, while others also include the small genus Lepuropetalon.... .
Cumberland is one of the 39 historic counties of England. It formed an Administrative counties of England from 1889 to 1974 and now forms part of Cumbria.... and Sutherland
Sutherland
Sutherland is a registration county, Lieutenancy areas of Scotland and historic administrative Counties of Scotland of Scotland. It is now within the Highland Council areas of Scotland.... in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe.... .
This flower has the distinction of appearing on the county arms of Cumbria. The name is inherited from ancient Greece. Evidently the cattle on Mount Parnassus appreciated the plant; hence it was an ‘honorary grass'.
