Lysimachia europaea Calflora

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Taxon Report

Lysimachia europaea (L.) U. Manns & Anderb.

Arctic starflower

2017 Barry Rice

2014 Wynn Anderson

2013 California Academy of Sciences

Lysimachia europaea is a perennial herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.

also called Trientalis europaea

California Rare Plant Rank: 2B.2 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA; common elsewhere).


	Plant Range Observation Search ~2 records in California Plant Characteristics one or more occurrences within a 7.5-minute quadrangle

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Genus:	Lysimachia
Family:	Myrsinaceae (Primulaceae)
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Wetlands: Equally likely to occur in wetlands and non wetlands

Habitat: meadows, bogs/fens, coastal

Communities: Freshwater Wetlands, Northern Coastal Scrub, wetland-riparian

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + CNPS

Alternate Names:


CNPS	Trientalis arctica, Trientalis europaea
JEF	Trientalis arctica
JEF	Trientalis europaea ssp. arctica
JEF	Trientalis europaea

Information about Lysimachia europaea from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX This plant is available commercially. Jepson eFlora Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape CNPS Inventory: 2B.2 Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 11/23/2024).