Trientalis europaea




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