starflower

Trientalis borealis

Meaning

Noun

  • Borage (Borago officinalis), an annual herb, and its product, starflower oil (family Boraginaceae).
  • Calytrix (species), a shrub native to Australia (family Myrtaceae).
  • Erinus alpinus (species), an alpine plant (family Plantaginaceae).
  • Grewia occidentalis (species) (crossberry or lavender star flower, family Malvaceae).
  • Ipheion (species), a genus of small bulbous perennials (family Amaryllidaceae).
  • Orbea variegata (species), a succulent from South Africa (family Apocynaceae).
  • Ornithogalum, a genus of perennial bulbous plants (family Asparagaceae), including:
  • Any of several annual herbs, of the genus Trientalis (genus) (sometimes Lysimachia, having white star-shaped leaves (family Primulaceae))

Origin

  • star + flower

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