Trientalis europaea, 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

1. T. europaea L. , Sp. Pl. 344 (1753) .

Glabrous. Stem 5- 30 cm, usually unbranched. Leaves 10-90 x 5-15 mm, obovate to lanceolate, subsessile, entire to minutely dentate at apex. Pedicel 1-7 cm. Calyx 4-7 mm, teeth linear. Corolla 11-19 mm in diameter, white or tinged with pink; segments ovate, acuminate or acute. Stamens included; filaments adnate to top of tube. Seeds 7-11, black, dull, minutely reticulate. 2n = c. 160. Damp grassy places and coniferous woods. N. Europe, extending southwards, mainly in the mountains, to the S. Alps and N. Romania. Au Be Br Cz Da Fe Ga Ge He Ho Is It No Po Rm Rs (N, B, C, W,?E) Su.