Photo by Jenevieve Phetteplace
Star Flower is a native, perennial wildflower found in Wisconsin. It grows four to eight inches tall. It usually bears one to two star-shaped, white flowers that are about 1/2 inch wide and sit on top of delicate stalks above the leaves. Each flower has seven sharply pointed petals. The leaves are arranged in a whorl of five to seven and are lance-shaped. It grows in wet conifer and deciduous woods. (LS)