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Maianthemum stellatum
Also called Wild lily-of-the-valley, Starry False Solomon's Seal, Little False Solomon's Seal, Star Flowered False Solomon's Seal, Star False Solomon's Seal, Starry Solomon's Seal, Star Flowered Solomon's Seal
Starry false lily of the valley is a North American woodland perennial that spreads by rhizomes and forms dense patches. It grows best in cool, moist, shaded conditions with rich, well-drained soil.
Maianthemum stellatum (star-flowered, starry, or little false Solomon's seal, or simply false Solomon's seal; star-flowered lily-of-the-valley or starry false lily of the valley; (syn. Smilacina stellata) is a species of flowering plant, native across North America. It has been found in northern Mexico, every Canadian province and territory except Nunavut, and in every US state except Hawaii and the states of the Southeast. It has little white buds in the spring, followed by delicate starry flowers, then green-and-black striped berries ripening to deep red or black in the fall.
Native across North America generally from Alaska to California to North Carolina to Newfoundland, plus northern Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León). It has been found in every Canadian province and territory except Nunavut, and in every US state except Hawaii and the states of the Southeast.
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 stellatum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
