• These flowers have five staminodes forming semicircles of stalked pseudonectaries each tipped with a yellowish glistening knob.
  • Although they are dry and rewardless, they attract many insects that probe at the tiny knobs.
  • What would be a benefit of having nectaries in which the insects received no benefits?
  • This means the plant still gets cross pollinated without having to produce anything to attract the insects.
  • To view the flower better and see the Thrips with pollen go to photos and type in fringed grass-of-parnassus in the search box.