This section is from the book "Who's Who Among The Wild Flowers", by W. I. Beecroft. Also available from Amazon: A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants.
Star Anemone: Chick-weed Wintergreen. Trientalis americana.
Primrose Family. May - June.
A plant 3 - 7 inches high. Found in moist woods. From mountains of Virginia and Illinois north to Labrador and Manitoba.
White, on slender stalks, 6 - 7 pointed divisions.
5 - 10 in a circle at summit of stem.
Star Flower.
 
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