Family | Myrsinaceae (also placed in Primulaceae) |
Scientific name | Trientalis europaea L. |
Synonyms | Alsinanthemum europaeum (L.) Greene; Lysimachia trientalis Klatt; Trientalis borealis Rafinesque; Trientalis europaea L. forma ramosa Iljinsky; Trientalis europaea L. var. eurasiatica Kunth |
Common name | (Japanese common name) tsuma-tori-sou (ツマトリソウ, 褄取草 [meaning: pink edge flower weed]) |
(English common name) arctic starflower, chickweed wintergreen | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu (east of Kinki region), Shikoku |
(Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Northern Europe, Canada, USA | |
Habitat | Mountane (subalpine) forest edge |
Chromosomal number | 2n=70, 90, 112, 160 |
Description | Plants electing 7-20cm. Leaves 2-7cm long, 1-2.5cm wide. Flowers white ca. 1.5-2cm, flowering in June to July. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Trientalis europaea Linnaeus |
Trientalis europaea L. | |
Insect repellent coating and industrial product using the same (US Patent 20060177472) | |
Note | Many Japanese authors have distinguished Trientalis europaea L. var. arctica (Fischer ex Hooker) Ledebour (syn. Trientalis europaea L. subsp. arctica (Fischer ex Hooker) Hultén; Trientalis arctica Fischer ex Hooker) from Trientalis europaea L. (var. europaea). |
June 2008 at Odashirogahara swamp |
June 2008 at Odashirogahara swamp |
June 2008 at Odashirogahara swamp |
June 2008 at Odashirogahara swamp |
June 2008 at Odashirogahara swamp |