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Starflower or star flower may refer to:

Plants

  • Borage (Borago officinalis), an annual herb, and its product starflower oil
  • Calytrix, a shrub of the myrtle family, native to Australia
  • Erinus alpinus, an alpine plant
  • Isotoma axillaris, a herbaceous perennial from Australia
  • Grewia occidentalis (crossberry or lavender star flower)
  • Ipheion, a genus of small bulbous perennials
  • Orbea variegata, a succulent from South Africa
  • Ornithogalum, a genus of perennial bulbous plants, including:
    • O. arabicum (star-of-Bethlehem)
    • O. dubium (sun star or orange star)
    • O. narbonense (pyramidal star-of-Bethlehem)
    • O. nutans (drooping star-of-Bethlehem)
    • O. pyrenaicum (Bath asparagus, Prussian asparagus, spiked star-of-Bethlehem)
    • O. umbellatum (common star-of-Bethlehem)
  • Trientalis/Lysimachia, shrubs of the primrose family including:
    • Trientalis borealis, northern starflower
    • Trientalis europaea, European starflower or Arctic starflower
    • Trientalis latifolia, Pacific starflower

Other uses

  • Starflower (album), 2017 Jennifer Paige album
  • Starflower (My Little Pony), a pony character in the My Little Pony franchise
  • Starflower, 2012 novel by Anne Elisabeth Stengl


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