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Maianthemum
Also called Solomon's Seal, May Lily, May Lilies, Mayflowers And False Solomon's Seals
Maianthemum includes the former genus Smilacina and is a genus of perennial herbaceous flowering plants with fleshy, persistent rhizomes. It is widespread across much of North America, Europe and Asia, and may be terrestrial, aquatic or epiphytic. It is characterized by simple, unbranched stems that are upright, leaning or hanging down and have 2–17 foliage leaves. Leaves are simple and may clasp the stem or be short-petiolate. The inflorescence is terminal and either a panicle or a raceme with few to many pedicelate flowers. Most species have 6 tepals and 6 stamens; a few have parts in 4s. Tepals are distinct in most species and all of similar size. Flowers are spreading, cup-shaped or bell-shaped and usually white, but lavender to red or green in some species. Fruits are rounded to lobed berries containing few to several seeds.
The genus is widespread across much of North America, Europe and Asia,
Maianthemum amoenum · May lily · Canada mayflower · Maianthemum comaltepecense · False lily of the valley · Maianthemum flexuosum · Maianthemum gigas · Maianthemum macrophyllum · Maianthemum mexicanum · Maianthemum monteverdense · Maianthemum paludicola · Maianthemum paniculatum
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Maianthemum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
