Trientalis borealis
Med. Repos., hexade 2, 5: 354. 1808 ,.
Stems 4–20 cm. Leaves mostly whorled at stem apex, some alternate on proximal stem; blades of distal leaves lanceolate to lanceolate-elliptic, 2.5–10 (–12) cm × 6–45 mm, widest at midlength, (proximal leaves abruptly much smaller, 0.1–0.6 cm × 0.3–1.5 mm, ± scalelike), apex acute to acuminate. Pedicels 1–3 (–5), 1.5–4 cm, shorter than leaves, usually sparsely stipitate-glandular. Flowers: corolla white, 5.5–8 (–10) mm, lobes ovate to narrowly lanceolate, apex acute to acuminate. 2n = 96.
Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Moist to wet coniferous forest, open heath lands, mature northern hardwood forests
Elevation: 30-1100 m
Distribution
St. Pierre and Miquelon, Alta., Man., N.B., Nfld. and Labr., N.S., Ont., P.E.I., Que., Sask., Conn., Ill., Ind., Ky., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Pa., R.I., Tenn., Vt., Va., W.Va., Wis.
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
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