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northern starflower
Lysimachia borealis
30 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Western StarflowerLysimachia latifolia
Arctic StarflowerLysimachia europaea
Cucumber RootMedeola virginiana
whorled loosestrifeLysimachia quadrifolia
threeleaf goldthreadCoptis trifolia
Canadian bunchberryCornus canadensis
whorled wood asterOclemena acuminata
fragrant bedstrawGalium triflorum
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 29,409 |
|---|---|
| Canada | 15,626 |
| Ontario | 7,519 |
| Massachusetts | 5,647 |
| Michigan | 3,537 |
| Maine | 3,535 |
| New Hampshire | 3,509 |
| New York | 2,991 |
| Nova Scotia | 2,861 |
| Wisconsin | 2,523 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Physical
- Aquatic larvaLarval stage lives in water before becoming terrestrialFrom its classification
Group and habits
- Medicinal useListed as having medicinal use by a harvested source. This is not medical advice.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Heathers, Balsams, Primroses, and Allies · Ericales |
| Family | primrose family · Primulaceae |
| Genus | Loosestrifes · Lysimachia |
Study it in a deck
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species (CC BY 4.0)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise northern starflower with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.