Trientalis

Taxobox
name = "Trientalis"

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = A seven-petaled "Trientalis europaea"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Ericales
familia = Myrsinaceae
genus = "Trientalis"
genus_authority = L.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = 3 - see text

"Trientalis" is a small genus of flowering plants containing three species known as starflowers or wintergreens. These plants have the unusual trait of sometimes bearing flower parts in sevens. They may also come in fives and sixes. The roots are tuber-like. They are native to North America and northern Eurasia. "Trientalis" is Latin for "one third of a foot", which is the approximate height of the plant.

Species:
*"Trientalis borealis"
*"Trientalis europaea" syn. "Trientalis arctica"
*"Trientalis latifolia"

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?6393,6425 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=TRIEN USDA Plants Profile]