Flora of North America species comparison

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Trientalis latifolia

broad-leaf starflower, northern starflower, starflower, western starflower
Stems

10–25 cm.
Leaves

mostly whorled at stem apex, some alternate on proximal stem;

blades of distal leaves elliptic to suborbiculate, (2.4–)4–11 cm × 15–55 mm (narrower in some plants along Vancouver Island and Washington coast), widest ± at midlength (proximal leaves abruptly much smaller, 0.1–0.5 cm × 0.7–1.3 mm, ± scalelike), apex rounded to acute.
Pedicels

1–5, 2.9–4.6 cm, shorter than to equaling leaves (sometimes longer in fruit), glabrous or sparsely glandular.
Flowers

corolla pink, rose, or pinkish lavender, 4.5–8.8 mm, lobes ovate to lanceolate, apex acuminate or abruptly acute.

Trientalis latifolia
Phenology Flowering summer.
Habitat Moist coniferous forests, stream banks, ocean cliffs
Elevation 0-1500 m (0-4900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; ID; OR; WA; BC; YT
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Discussion

In British Columbia, Trientalis latifolia is known from scattered populations along the coast and the American border. Specimens from a disjunct population in central Yukon (E. Hultén 1968; W. J. Cody 1996) were not examined.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 8, p. 305.
Parent taxa Myrsinaceae > Trientalis
Sibling taxa
T. borealis, T. europaea
Synonyms Alsinanthemum europaeum var. latifolium, T. borealis subsp. latifolia, T. europaea var. latifolia
Name authority Hooker: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 121. 1838 ,
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