Starflower
Trientalis borealis
Starflower is a dainty northern woodlander with a whorl of leaves topped by delicate white star-shaped flowers on thread-fine stalks, spreading into colonies in cool acidic shade.
- Family
- Primulaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.3–0.7 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1 ft apart
- Light
- part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- May, June
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- groundcover, container, erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- MA, ME, MI, MN, NH, NJ, NY, PA, VA, WI