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Diamon Naturals Alaena Charlotte Diamon
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Starflower, Northern (Trientalis borealis)
Name: Primulaceae (Primrose Family). In Latin, triens means "the third part." One explanation for the derivation of the genus name is that the plant is about 4 in. (10 cm high), or 1/3 of a foot. Borealis, from the Greek, boreios, "from the quarter of the North wind, northern". Family Primulaceae.Common Names: Starflower from the multi-pointed white flower. Other common names include May Star, Star-of-Bethlehem.
Habitat: Circumboreal; prefers open shade and moist woods; tolerant of all but the poorest soil/site conditions. Labrador to Saskatchewan, s. to Virginia, mts. to Georgia, Ohio & Minnesota. Deciduous, coniferous, or mixed forest; cedar swamps and bogs. Cultivation: An excellent ground cover for cooler
climates; it spreads once Grows With: Bunchberry, Twinflower, Dwarf Red Blackberry, Wild Sarsaparilla,Large Leaf Aster, Blue Bead Lily, Goldthread, Bedstraws, Oak Fern, Canada Mayflower, Bishop's Cap, One Flowered Pyrola, Bracken Fern, Sided Pyrola, Greenish Flowered wintergreen, Rose Twisted Stalk, Kidney Leaf Violet, Violets.Propagation and Reproduction: Reproduces by seed and vegetatively by rhizomes. Pollinated by bumblebees. Seed dispersed by wind. Propagate by seed started in July in a mix of acid peat and sand in cold frame or in early spring, by division. Hardy to USDA Zone 3 (average minimum annual temperature -40ºF). Can be very slow to establish, but spreads to form colony after several years. Uses: Unknown. Flower Essence: Assists one accepting and embracing one's shadow self/dark side. For those who fear the dark. Offers protection from negative influences as it brings the light of hope into one's life.
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Description: Starflower
has the unusual feature of being based on sevens: seven leaves, seven petals,
and seven sepals. A low perennial from slender, creeping rhizomes with stems
simple, erect, hairless or with tiny glands; growing up to 20 cm tall. Leaves
are simple, in whorls of 5 to 9 at stem tip, with a few small, scale-like leaves
below, lance-shaped, 3 - 10 cm long, stalkless or short-stalked, thin, toothless
or finely toothed. Flowers are single, or sometimes 2 or 3, on slender stalks
from center of leaf cluster, white, 8 - 14 mm across; 5 - 9 petals, lance-shaped
to egg-shaped, long-pointed; appearing June-July. Fruit is a spherical,
5-chambered, few-seeded capsule, dispersed by wind; ripens mid-summer.
established. Prefers shade and damp, cool peat-rich soil. Dry or moist soil;
sandy, acid (pH 5-6) soil.