Northern Starflower

Triuentalis arctica -
Perennial from short horizontal rhizomes that are slightly thicken at the tip, but not noticeably tuberous; Stem erect, leafy, 5-25 cm tall. Main leavers oval-elliptic to broadly lance-shaped, rounded at the tip, of simple stems; lower leaves few to several, alternate, much smaller. Flowers white (pink-tinged), starlike; petals 5 to 7, sharp pointed, fused at the base; single on each of 1-3 thin stalks that arise from the center of the leaf whorl. Found in bogs, swamps, muskeg, boggy forest, seepage areas, wet thickets, meadows and heath, at low to (less commonly) high elevations.