Trientalis

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Trientalis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Trientalis (Latin for the third of a foot; referring to the height of the plant). Primulaceae. Star-Flower. Chickweed-Wintergreen. Very glabrous small perennials sometimes grown in wild borders. Rhizomes slender, creeping: st. solitary, slender, erect: lvs. usually the same number as the petals, somewhat whorled, obovate-elliptical or lanceolate, very entire: peduncles 1-3-fld., filiform, without bracts: fls. white; calyx 5-9-parted, segms. linear-lanceolate, persistent; corolla rotate, 5-9-parted; tube very short, segms. elliptic-lanceolate, very entire; stamens 5-9; ovary free, globose: caps. globose, 5-valved, many-seeded.—Two species, one in Eu., the other in N. Amer. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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