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| THE PRIMROSE FAMILY | |||||||||
| The primroses are common in temperate regions of the world. All of the plants in the primrose family are herbs. The stems can be leafy or with all the leaves in a basal rosette. If on the stem, the leaves are alternate, opposite, or whorled. The flowers are in various arrangements from umbrella-like clusters to solitary flowers in the leaf axils. The flowers have four or five sepals and petals of various colours. The fruit is a capsule that opens like a lid. | |||||||||
| ARCTIC STARFLOWER | |||||||||
| LATIN NAME: Trientalis europaea ssp. arctica | |||||||||
| WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? | |||||||||
| Arctic starflower grows as tall as 15 cm from a slender rootstock. The stems are unbranched and solitary. The leaves are in one terminal whorl of five to nine. The leaves are sessile or short-stalked and are wider towards the top. The flowers are on thread-like stalks. The petals are white in colour and are widest in the middle. The fruit is a few-seeded capsule. | |||||||||
| WHERE DOES IT GROW? | |||||||||
| Arctic starflower grows in mossy woods. | |||||||||
| WHERE IS IT FOUND IN SASKATCHEWAN? | |||||||||
| This plant is found in northern Saskatchewan in the Mid-Boreal Upland, Churchill River Upland, and Athabasca Plain ecoregions. | |||||||||
| WHY IS IT RARE? | |||||||||
| Arctic starflower is endangered because of extreme rarity in Saskatchewan. Local population sizes vary. No threats are known or anticipated for this species. | |||||||||
| HOW TO IDENTIFY ARCTIC STARFLOWER | |||||||||
| * Are the leaves in one whorl on the stem? * Are the flowers white? * Are the leaves wider towards the tip? * Did you find it in northern Saskatchewan? | |||||||||
| If you answered yes to all of these questions, you may have found Arctic starflower! | |||||||||
