Starflower

Starflower is a low-lying, creeping perennial reaching 5-30 cm in height. The flat whorl of bright green leaves, 4-7 in number, grows from a single thin stem. The flower typically blooms from the center of the leaf whorl; it is only occasionally that there is more than one flower per whorl. Each flat, pale pink flower has 5-9 petals, most commonly 7, which circle yellow pollen-covered stamens.

Basic Information

• Member of the Primulaceae, or primrose, family

• Perennial herb

Habitat

• Native from northern California up to British Columba, and east to parts of Idaho

• Found in moist shaded areas in forests, such as chaparral and redwood forests

Reproduction

• Blooms from March to July

Alternative Names

• Star Flower, Pacific starflower, chickweed-wintergreen, western starflower

• Also known by the scientific name Trientalis latifolia