Starflower or star flower may refer to:
Plants
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Borage
Borage ( or ; ''Borago officinalis''), also known as starflower, is an annual herb in the flowering plant family Boraginaceae. It is native to the Mediterranean region, and has naturalized in many other locales.
It grows satisfactorily in gard ...
(''Borago officinalis''), an annual herb, and its product starflower oil
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Calytrix
''Calytrix'' is a genus of shrubs in the family Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1806. They are commonly known as starflowers. ''Calytrix'' are endemic to Australia, occurring in the (Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, and We ...
'', a shrub of the myrtle family, native to Australia
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Erinus alpinus
''Erinus alpinus'', the fairy foxglove, alpine balsam, starflower, or liver balsam, is a species of flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae (previously in the family Scrophulariaceae), native to Central and Southern Europe. and also to Moroc ...
'', an alpine plant
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Isotoma axillaris
''Isotoma axillaris'', commonly known as rock isotome or showy isotome, is a small herbaceous perennial in the family Campanulaceae. It usually has blue or mauve star-shaped flowers from September to May. It may also be called blue star, star flo ...
'', a herbaceous perennial from Australia
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Grewia occidentalis
''Grewia occidentalis'', the crossberry, is a small, hardy, attractive tree indigenous to Southern Africa. Description
A small, scrambling, deciduous tree reaching a height of about 3 m, its purple, star-shaped flowers appear in summer, ...
'' (crossberry or lavender star flower)
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Ipheion'', a genus of small bulbous perennials
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Orbea variegata
''Orbea variegata'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae, known as the star flower. It is native to the coastal belt of the Western Cape, South Africa, growing actively during the winter rainfall season. It is an invasive sp ...
'', a succulent from South Africa
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Ornithogalum
''Ornithogalum'' is a genus of perennial plants mostly native to southern Europe and southern Africa belonging to the family Asparagaceae. Some species are native to other areas such as the Caucasus. Growing from a bulb, species have linear ba ...
'', a genus of perennial bulbous plants, including:
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O. arabicum'' (star-of-Bethlehem)
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O. dubium'' (sun star or orange star)
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O. narbonense'' (pyramidal star-of-Bethlehem)
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O. nutans'' (drooping star-of-Bethlehem)
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O. pyrenaicum'' (Bath asparagus, Prussian asparagus, spiked star-of-Bethlehem)
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O. umbellatum'' (common star-of-Bethlehem)
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Trientalis
''Lysimachia'' () is a genus consisting of 193 accepted species of flowering plants traditionally classified in the family Primulaceae. Based on a molecular phylogenetic study it was transferred to the family Myrsinaceae, before this family was ...
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Lysimachia
''Lysimachia'' () is a genus consisting of 193 accepted species of flowering plants traditionally classified in the family Primulaceae. Based on a molecular phylogenetic study it was transferred to the family Myrsinaceae, before this family wa ...
'', shrubs of the primrose family including:
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Trientalis borealis
''Lysimachia borealis'' (synonym ''Trientalis borealis''), the starflower, is a North American woodland perennial that blooms between May and June.
Description
Starflowers have creeping rhizomes with vertical stalks. Each stalk has a whorl of ...
'', northern starflower
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Trientalis europaea
''Lysimachia europaea'' (formerly known as ''Trientalis europaea'') is a flowering plant in the primrose family Primulaceae, called by the common name chickweed-wintergreen or arctic starflower. It is a small herbaceous perennial plant with one ...
'', European starflower or Arctic starflower
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Trientalis latifolia
''Lysimachia latifolia'', sometimes called ''Trientalis latifolia'', is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae.The Plant List http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/tro-26400203Howell, John Thomas. "Marin Flora: Manual of the F ...
'', Pacific starflower
Other uses
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''Starflower'' (album), 2017 Jennifer Paige album
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Starflower (My Little Pony), a pony character in the My Little Pony franchise
*''Starflower'', 2012 novel by
Anne Elisabeth Stengl
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