Trientalis L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 27

9. Trientalis L. 1

Perennial herbs with slender rhizomes. Leaves in a whorl at the top of the stem; occasionally a few alternate leaves below. Flowers (5-)7(-9)-merous, axillary, solitary on capillary pedicels, ebracteate. Corolla rotate. Capsule globose; valves 5(-7), deciduous. Seeds few, reticulate.