Maianthemum racemosum |
Maianthemum trifolium |
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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 |
smilacine trifoliée, three-leaf false Solomon's-seal, three-leaf Solomon's-plume, three-leaf Solomon's-seal, threeleaf false lily of the valley |
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Habit | Plants terrestrial, to 12.5 cm. | Plants aquatic, 4–15 cm. | ||||
Rhizomes | sympodial, cylindrical, units 30–40 cm × 8–14 mm, sometimes multiplied, roots scattered. |
sympodial, proliferatively spreading, filiform, units 2–30 cm × 1–2 mm, roots restricted to nodes. |
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Stems | erect or arching, 7.5–12.5 dm × 7–9 mm. |
erect, 1–2.5 dm × 2–3 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. |
2–4 on fertile shoots, sessile; blade elliptic, 5–12 × 2.5–4 cm; base narrowly tapering; apex acute or acuminate. |
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Inflorescences | paniculate, 70–250-flowered, branches well developed, pyramidal. |
racemose, simple, 5–15-flowered. |
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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. |
3-merous; tepals conspicuous, 2.5–4 × 1.5–2 mm; filaments 1.5–2 mm; anthers 0.5–0.7 mm; ovary globose or cylindrical, 2–2.5 × 1.5–2.4 mm; style 0.5–1.5 mm; stigma distinctively 3-lobed; pedicel 1–3 × 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. |
green with fine red spots when young, maturing to red, globose, 4–6 mm diam. |
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Seeds | 1–4, globose, 2.5–4 mm. |
1–3, globose, 2 mm. |
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2n | = 36, 72, 144. |
= 36. |
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Maianthemum racemosum |
Maianthemum trifolium |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jun, fruits retained through Sep. | |||||
Habitat | Often forming dense clonal patches in sphagnum bogs, muskegs, and wet forests | |||||
Elevation | 0–1000 m (0–3300 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
North America; n Mexico
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CT; MA; ME; MI; MN; NH; NJ; NY; OH; PA; RI; VT; WI; AB; BC; MB; NB; NL; NS; NT; NU; ON; PE; QC; SK; YT; SPM; Asia (Siberia)
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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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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 208. | FNA vol. 26, p. 209. | ||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Maianthemum | Liliaceae > Maianthemum | ||||
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Synonyms | Convallaria racemosa, Smilacina racemosa, Unifolium racemosum | Convallaria trifolia, Smilacina trifolia, Unifolium trifolium, Vagnera trifolia | ||||
Name authority | (Linnaeus) Link: Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 343. (1821) | (Linnaeus) Sloboda: Rostlinnictví, 192. (1852) | ||||
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