Maianthemum stellatum

Maianthemum stellatum
M. stellatum in the Wenatchee National Forest, Washington, U.S.A.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
clade: Angiosperms
clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Nolinoideae
Genus: Maianthemum
Species: M. stellatum
Binomial name
Maianthemum stellatum
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Maianthemum stellatum (Star-flowered, Starry, or Little False Solomon's Seal, or simply False Solomon's Seal; Starry False Lily-of-the-Valley; syn. Smilacina stellata) is a species of flowering plant, native across North America generally from Alaska to California in the west and from Newfoundland to the central Appalachian Mountains in the east. An everchanging seasonal plant with little white buds in the spring, followed by delicate starry flowers, then stripy berries and deep red berries in the fall.[1][2][3][4][5]

It is a woodland herbaceous perennial plant, smaller than its close relative M. racemosum.

See also

References

  1. ^ USDA. "PLANTS Profile: Maianthemum stellatum". http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=MAST4. Retrieved 2008-03-12. 
  2. ^ eFloras.org. "Maianthemum stellatum". http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101760. Retrieved 2008-03-13. 
  3. ^ Johnson, Derek; Linda Kershaw, Andy Mackinnon, Jim Pojar (1995) (Digitized online by Google books). Plants of the Western Boreal Forest and Aspen Parkland. Lone Pine Publishing and the Canadian Forest Service. pp. 83. ISBN 1-55105058-7. http://books.google.ca/books?id=Gpn0HAAACAAJ&dq=Aspen+Parkland. Retrieved 2009-01-25. 
  4. ^ Wilkinson, Kathleen (1999). Wildflowers of Alberta A Guide to Common Wildflowers and Other Herbaceous Plants. Edmonton Alberta: Lone Pine Publishing and University of Alberta. pp. 24–25. ISBN 0-88864-298-9. 
  5. ^ Kershaw, Linda (2003). Saskatchewan Wayside Wildflowers. Edmonton, Alberta: Lone Pine Publishing. pp. 111. ISBN 1-55105-354-3.