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Maianthemum flexuosum

Family
Asparagaceae (Asparagus family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
Mexico (Chiapas) to Nicaragua
Climate
wet tropical

About

Maianthemum flexuosum is a perennial, terrestrial understory herb of cloud forests from southern Mexico to Nicaragua. It has been found at sites from 1,300 to 2,800 m (4,300 to 9,200 ft) elevation.

Where it grows

Maianthemum flexuosum has been found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua and several states in Mexico Southeast including Chiapas, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Michoacán, Oaxaca, and Veracruz.

Other Maianthemum plants

Maianthemum amoenum · May lily · Canada mayflower · Maianthemum comaltepecense · False lily of the valley · Maianthemum gigas · Maianthemum macrophyllum · Maianthemum mexicanum · Maianthemum monteverdense · Maianthemum paludicola · Maianthemum paniculatum · Feathery false lily of the valley

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Maianthemum flexuosum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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