Trientalis


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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


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