Trientalis europaea L.
 
FamilyPrimulaceae — APG family: Primulaceae
DescriptionGlabrous; unbranched; stem from rhizome, somewhat thicker in apex and with several long, slender stolons, thicker in the tip; leaves obovate-lanceolate in whorl of 5-6, at top of stem; stem leaves few, small, alternate; 1 to few flowers on long, glabrous—or above somewhat glandular—pedicels; corolla white, with mostly 7 ovate, acute or apiculate lobes; capsule globular.
EcologyWoods. Described from northern Europe.
Taxonomy
notes
Transitions to subsp. arctica occur.
Hultén's Flora About

This is a digital representation of Eric Hultén’s ‘Flora of Alaska and Neighboring Territories: A Manual of the Vascular Plants’, which was published by Stanford University Press in 1968. The book was digitized by C. Webb (at UAMN) as part of the Flora of Alaska project, with funding by the US NSF (Grant 1759964 to Ickert-Bond & Webb), and with permission of Stanford University Press. Data and images © 1968 Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. Univ. Usage licence: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. NB: You may find OCR errors; please refer to the hard-copy if in doubt.