Lysimachia borealis

Lysimachia borealis
	Trientalis borealis, Quebec
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Primulaceae
Genus:	Trientalis
Species:	T. borealis
Binomial name
	Trientalis borealis; Raf.

Trientalis borealis, also known as the starflower,^[1] is a North American woodland perennial that blooms between May and June. Starflowers are creeping rhizomes with 8 inch (20 cm) vertical stalks. Each stalk has a whorl of 5-9 lanceolate leaves at its tip, with one or two white flowers on smaller stalks extending from the center of the whorl. The flowers are about 0.5 inches (11 mm) across and consist of five to nine petals that form a star-like shape.^[2]

Trientalis borealis is listed as endangered by Georgia and Kentucky and is listed as threatened by Illinois and Tennessee.^[3]

References

^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Trientalis borealis". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
^ http://www.borealforest.org/herbs/herb37.htm
^ http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=TRBOB

Northern Starflower, borealforest.org
USDA PLANTS database
Wildflowers of Minnesota's Northwoods pamphlet, 1999, Minnesota DNR

[1] USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Trientalis borealis". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 December 2015.

[2] ttp://www.borealforest.org/herbs/herb37.htm

[3] ttp://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=TRBOB

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