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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Trientalis borealis   FAMILY Primulaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trientalis borealis ssp. borealis   FAMILY Primulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Lysimachia borealis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)

Trientalis borealis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Trientalis borealis ssp. borealis

INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Trientalis borealis

 

COMMON NAME:
Northern Starflower, Maystar


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image of Trientalis borealis, Northern Starflower, Maystar

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_tram11_001_lvd

        

image of Trientalis borealis, Northern Starflower, Maystar

JK Marlow    jkm100730_200

July    Jackson County    NC

Balsam Mountain Preserve

Leaves may be different sizes and shapes on a single plant, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007).

image of Trientalis borealis, Northern Starflower, Maystar

Penny Longhurst    pen_20170718_155908

July        Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada

Squid Jiggin Point

image of Trientalis borealis, Northern Starflower, Maystar

Penny Longhurst    pen_20170718_160029

July        Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada

Squid Jiggin Point

Flowers 1/4-1/2" wide with 7 spreading, oval to lance-shaped, pointy-tipped petals and 7 stamens, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).

image of Trientalis borealis, Northern Starflower, Maystar

Penny Longhurst    pen_20190717_072614

July    Penobscot County    ME

Baxter State Park

Distal leaf blades lanceolate to lanceolate-elliptic, widest at midlength, apex acute to acuminate, per Flora of North America.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Trientalis borealis   FAMILY Primulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trientalis borealis ssp. borealis   FAMILY Primulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lysimachia borealis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Trientalis borealis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Trientalis borealis ssp. borealis

INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Trientalis borealis

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3437

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: northern hardwood forests, rich slope forests, often in second-growth areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
A single terminal whorl

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes slender, creeping

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
7 petals
7 stamens
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer

 

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