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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Maianthemum stellatum   FAMILY Ruscaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Maianthemum stellatum   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Maianthemum stellatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Maianthemum stellatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Smilacina stellata

 

COMMON NAME:
Starry Solomon's Plume, Starflower, Starry Solomon's Seal


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image of Maianthemum stellatum, Starry Solomon's Plume, Starflower, Starry Solomon's Seal

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_vast4_001_lvd

        

image of Maianthemum stellatum, Starry Solomon's Plume, Starflower, Starry Solomon's Seal

JK Marlow    jkm130527_472

May        MT

image of Maianthemum stellatum, Starry Solomon's Plume, Starflower, Starry Solomon's Seal

JK Marlow    jkm130530_014b

May        MT

Flowers in a simple raceme; perianth segments 6; peduncle usually < 2cm long;, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Maianthemum stellatum, Starry Solomon's Plume, Starflower, Starry Solomon's Seal

JK Marlow    jkm130530_015

May        MT

image of Maianthemum stellatum, Starry Solomon's Plume, Starflower, Starry Solomon's Seal

Penny Longhurst    pen_20210521_094642

May    Clearwater County    ID

Elk River

Leaves 6-11 per stem; leaf blades sessile or subclasping at the base, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Maianthemum stellatum, Starry Solomon's Plume, Starflower, Starry Solomon's Seal

Penny Longhurst    pen_20180621_151146

June    Pierce County    WA

Mount Rainier National Park

image of Maianthemum stellatum, Starry Solomon's Plume, Starflower, Starry Solomon's Seal

Penny Longhurst    pen_20180622_140138

June    Pierce County    WA

Mount Rainier National Park

image of Maianthemum stellatum, Starry Solomon's Plume, Starflower, Starry Solomon's Seal

Penny Longhurst    pen_20180626_101731

June    King County    WA

Twin Falls Natural Area, North Bend

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Maianthemum stellatum   FAMILY Ruscaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Maianthemum stellatum   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Maianthemum stellatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Maianthemum stellatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Smilacina stellata

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3181

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: alluvial forests, calcareous fens, seepage swamps, per Weakley's Flora

Native north and northwest of the Carolinas & Georgia

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
3-merous
6 tepals

Flowers in a simple raceme

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red at maturity (variously mottled when immature)
Berry

 

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