Starflower

Basic Information

Anatomy

A herbaceous plant. In the colder months it sports a flower with five, either blue or white, petals that are vaguely bioluminescent under a full moon. The flowers are small, about the size of a coin, and from a distance on a moonlit night they can look like stars that have fallen to the land.

Ecology and Habitats

This is an uncommon plant in the central area of Eclayora; Ascium, Yoswaine and Aplenne mostly. It tends to grow in temperate to cold forests near sources of water (lakes, ponds, streams etc.) and blooms only at night.

Biological Cycle

It flowers in the autumn and winter, through the late Time of Preparation through to late Time of Arcana.

Additional Information

Uses, Products & Exploitation

Its pollen has a lovely sweet flavour and is sometimes used as a sweetener for signature alcohols of the region, particularly the expensive ones. Consuming the seeds or residuum from them can cause the more more magically oriented to experience drowsiness, temporary paralysis and even comas so the pollen needs to be carefully harvested to avoid such unwanted effects.
Its petals can, often infused into an oil, be used to suppress magical auras without limiting the effects. To harvest the petals for such a purpose they mustn't touch the skin of anyone who has cast magic, been subject to magic or has magical ancestry so most of the time it is harvested with metal tools and kept in a sealed container until required for infusing.

Scientific Name

Lilium Luminaris