Maianthemum trifolium |
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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 aquatic, 4–15 cm. |
Rhizomes | sympodial, proliferatively spreading, filiform, units 2–30 cm × 1–2 mm, roots restricted to nodes. |
Stems | erect, 1–2.5 dm × 2–3 mm. |
Leaves | 2–4 on fertile shoots, sessile; blade elliptic, 5–12 × 2.5–4 cm; base narrowly tapering; apex acute or acuminate. |
Inflorescences | racemose, simple, 5–15-flowered. |
Flowers | 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. |
Berries | green with fine red spots when young, maturing to red, globose, 4–6 mm diam. |
Seeds | 1–3, globose, 2 mm. |
2n | = 36. |
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 |
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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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 209. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Maianthemum |
Sibling taxa | |
Synonyms | Convallaria trifolia, Smilacina trifolia, Unifolium trifolium, Vagnera trifolia |
Name authority | (Linnaeus) Sloboda: Rostlinnictví, 192. (1852) |
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