life cycle | starflower... I took a vacation day today to elongate Labor Day weekend just a bit more. As I went outside for some rare, early afternoon exploring around my woods, my eyes came upon the skeletal remains of the starflower (bottom photo). It has been my quest to document the nature around my yard everyday for at least one full year. Started back in March, I have had the honor of witnessing nature awake from its long, snowy slumber and blossom into the most vibrant of hues and species.
It is with the starflower, one of the earliest spring blooms in my northern New England woods, that I launch this new series called Life Cycles. Each week I will profile a species in my yard from seed to seed.
The starflower (Trientalis borealis) is a member of the Primrose family. It is common perennial herb on both the east and west coast, as well as across Canada. This spring wildflower loves a good forest floor or moist woods. The seeds do not germinate before going through a cold period, and after that will not germinate until the following fall.
In late summer, the seed head shoots out, often dropping its leaves to the ground.
Those whose leaves remain, stand ghostly as a shell of its former self.
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