Trientalis europaea Calflora

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Taxon Report

Trientalis europaea L.

(not an active name)

Arctic starflower

Gerald and Buff Corsi 2013 California Academy of Sciences

Gerald and Buff Corsi 2009 California Academy of Sciences

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

also called Lysimachia europaea


	Plant Range Observation Search ~1 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Genus:	Trientalis
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 PLANTS

Alternate Names:


JEF	Lysimachia europaea

Information about Trientalis europaea from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. USDA PLANTS Profile (TREU) 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 BONAP Distribution Map 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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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: 11/21/2024).