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Family: Primulaceae<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Common name: Starflower<\/p>\n\n\n\n

E-flora BC: https:\/\/linnet.geog.ubc.ca\/Atlas\/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Trientalis%20latifolia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wikipedia: https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lysimachia_latifolia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Starflower has recently been taxonomically reclassified, hence, the E-flora BC entry for this species shows a different name and family than indicated on this site. The Wikipedia entry for starflower reflects the current taxonomic position of this species, as a member of the genus Lysimachia<\/em> and the family Primulaceae.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starflower is a common low-growing understory plant in forests in and around Nanaimo. The plant grows most luxuriantly in sites with some moisture, but it also shows up in drier sites. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A patch of starflower plants growing on the forest floor. You only need to catch a glance of the whorl of elliptical leaves held up on a thin stem to recognize that this is starflower. The plant is about 10-25 cm tall. Photo credit: Lynda Stevens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Note the defined central vein and the general leaf-shape of starflower – more or less symmetrically elliptic, narrowing to a point at both tip and base. The leaves are attached in a spiral pattern around the top of the stem. Photo credit: Lynda Stevens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Starflower flowers in spring around Nanaimo and it’s clear to see how the plant got its common name – delicate star-shaped flowers seem to float in the air as they’re held on thin flower-stalks above the foliage. Photo credit: Lynda Stevens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Most starflower plants have white flowers, but some specimens have light-pink to even fully pink flowers. Photo credit: Lynda Stevens <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The globose fruit of starflower suspended above the foliage. If you’re looking for starflower in the fall, you may see some fruit capsules present on the plant. Photo credit: Corey Raimond via Flickr<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Family: Primulaceae Common name: Starflower E-flora BC: https:\/\/linnet.geog.ubc.ca\/Atlas\/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Trientalis%20latifolia Wikipedia: https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lysimachia_latifolia (Starflower has recently been taxonomically reclassified, hence, the E-flora BC entry for this species shows a different name and family […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2649,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-506","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/biol223\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/biol223\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/biol223\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/biol223\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2649"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/biol223\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=506"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/biol223\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":775,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/biol223\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/506\/revisions\/775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/biol223\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}