Maianthemum racemosum |
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false Solomon's-seal, false spikenard, feathery false lily of the valley, feathery false Solomon's-seal, large false Solomon's-seal, plumed Solomon's seal, Solomon's-plume, treacleberry |
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Habit | Plants terrestrial, to 12.5 cm. | ||||
Rhizomes | sympodial, cylindrical, units 30–40 cm × 8–14 mm, sometimes multiplied, roots scattered. |
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Stems | erect or arching, 7.5–12.5 dm × 7–9 mm. |
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Leaves | 7–12, sessile and clasping, or petiolate; blade elliptic to ovate, 9–17 × 5–8 cm; base rounded or tapered; apex acute or caudate. |
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Inflorescences | paniculate, 70–250-flowered, branches well developed, pyramidal. |
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Flowers | 3-merous; tepals inconspicuous, 0.5–1 × 0.5 mm; filaments 1 × 0.5 mm; anthers 0.5–1 mm; ovary globose, 1 mm wide; style 0.1–0.3 mm; stigma obscure; pedicel 0.5–1 × 0.5 mm. |
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Berries | green with copper spots when young, maturing to deep translucent red, globose or 3-lobed, 4–6 mm wide. |
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Seeds | 1–4, globose, 2.5–4 mm. |
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2n | = 36, 72, 144. |
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Maianthemum racemosum |
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Distribution |
North America; n Mexico
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Discussion | Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora). Maianthemum racemosum is sometimes cultivated. It was described as apomictic (A. L. Gorham 1953) but is much in need of cytogeographic and reproductive biological studies. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 208. | ||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Maianthemum | ||||
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Synonyms | Convallaria racemosa, Smilacina racemosa, Unifolium racemosum | ||||
Name authority | (Linnaeus) Link: Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 343. (1821) | ||||
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