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Tiny Woodland Plant

comments (5) May 17th, 2009 in gallery

SherryBerry SherryBerry, member
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These appear on our property in Western Washington each spring, 2" tall x 3" wide.  They bloom until the weather is warm and dry, then disappear.  They grow in the sun, south or west facing, where the ground is well covered with fir needles and otherwise bare.  Only 5 leaves are present at any one time, and flowers appear singly.

posted in: The Gallery, Washington, woodland, wildflower, fir, forest
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aquagirl writes: We have the starflower in northern Vermont also. Just lovely! Posted: 10:35 am on May 31st
Motleyalaskan writes: We have them up in Alaska too Posted: 12:45 am on May 31st
muckingabout writes: Yes, in this forested area along the river near here on southern Vancouver Island star flowers are growing along with a purple larkspur, blue camas, twin flower, vanilla leaf, foam flower and a myriad of ferns, mosses and lichens. Just finished flowering are the white and red trilliums, fawn lilies, ladyslippers, and miner's lettuce. The former grow in the sunny patches on the high bank, or rocky ourcropping overlooking the river(turquoise)while the latter seem to seek the shadier spots in the forest. The star flower seems to grow everywhere as it is always small enough to find shade. Posted: 4:16 pm on May 30th
donnac36 writes: Im in Massachusetts and I have this too. Thanks for identifying it. I thought it was a weed. Posted: 8:26 pm on May 28th
72DougFirs writes: This delightful native is Trientalis latifolia, also called Broadleaved Starflower, Western Starflower, or Indian Potato. According to my copy of Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast, Pojar & Mackinnon, it grows from slender rhizomes. They also mention enlarged vertical tubers, but I have only noticed the network of rhizomes and roots, because I never dig these up. Every spring they are a gift among all the rising weeds. In some areas now they make a wonderful spring carpet, and in summer, they make room for something else. Posted: 1:12 pm on May 25th
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