Trientalis latifolia |
Trientalis borealis |
|
---|---|---|
broad-leaf starflower, northern starflower, starflower, western starflower |
maystar, northern starflower, starflower, trientale boréale |
|
Stems | 10–25 cm. |
4–20 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. |
mostly whorled at stem apex, some alternate on proximal stem; blades of distal leaves lanceolate to lanceolate-elliptic, 2.5–10(–12) cm × 6–45 mm, widest at midlength, (proximal leaves abruptly much smaller, 0.1–0.6 cm × 0.3–1.5 mm, ± scalelike), apex acute to acuminate. |
Pedicels | 1–5, 2.9–4.6 cm, shorter than to equaling leaves (sometimes longer in fruit), glabrous or sparsely glandular. |
1–3(–5), 1.5–4 cm, shorter than leaves, usually sparsely stipitate-glandular. |
Flowers | corolla pink, rose, or pinkish lavender, 4.5–8.8 mm, lobes ovate to lanceolate, apex acuminate or abruptly acute. |
corolla white, 5.5–8(–10) mm, lobes ovate to narrowly lanceolate, apex acute to acuminate. |
2n | = 96. |
|
Trientalis latifolia |
Trientalis borealis |
|
Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering summer. |
Habitat | Moist coniferous forests, stream banks, ocean cliffs | Moist to wet coniferous forest, open heath lands, mature northern hardwood forests |
Elevation | 0-1500 m (0-4900 ft) | 30-1100 m (100-3600 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; ID; OR; WA; BC; YT
|
CT; IL; IN; KY; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; NC; NH; NJ; NY; OH; PA; RI; TN; VA; VT; WI; WV; AB; MB; NB; NL; NS; ON; PE; QC; SK; SPM |
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. | FNA vol. 8, p. 304. |
Parent taxa | Myrsinaceae > Trientalis | Myrsinaceae > Trientalis |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Alsinanthemum europaeum var. latifolium, T. borealis subsp. latifolia, T. europaea var. latifolia | T. americana, T. borealis var. tenuifolia |
Name authority | Hooker: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 121. 1838 , | Rafinesque: Med. Repos., hexade 2, 5: 354. 1808 , |
Web links |
|