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|familia=Convallariaceae
|genus=Maianthemum
|species=stellatum
|common_name=Star-flower, Star-flowered lily of the valley
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|habit=herbaceous
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'''''Maianthemum stellatum''''' ('''Star-flowered''', '''Starry''', or '''Little False Solomon's Seal''', or simply '''False Solomon's Seal'''; '''Starry False Lily-of-the-Valley'''; [[synonymy|syn.]] ''Smilacina stellata'') is a species of [[flowering plant]] in the family [[Ruscaceae]], native across [[North America]] generally from [[Alaska]] to [[California]] in the west and from [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]] to the central [[Appalachian Mountains]] in the east.  An everchanging seasonal plant with little white buds in the spring, followed by delicate starry flowers, then stripy berries and deep red berries in the fall.<ref>[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=MAST4 eFloras.org]</ref><ref>[http://books.google.ca/books?id=Gpn0HAAACAAJ&dq=Aspen+Parkland Plants of the Western Boreal Forest and Aspen Parkland]</ref><REF>Wildflowers of Alberta A  Guide to Common Wildflowers and Other Herbaceous Plants,  1999, ISBN 1-55105-354-3</ref>

It is a woodland [[herbaceous]] [[perennial plant]], smaller than its close relative ''[[Maianthemum racemosum|M. racemosum]]''.

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Smilacina stellata, Desf. (Vagnera stellata, Morong). Very near to S. sessilifolia: lvs. usually folded and ascending: raceme shorter and more crowded. May, June. Moist soil, greater part of the U.S.
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->

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