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| name = ''LATINNAME'' <!--- replace LATINNAME with the actual latin name -->
|familia=Convallariaceae
| common_names = <!--- if multiple, list all, if none, leave blank -->
|genus=Maianthemum
| growth_habit = ? <!--- tree, shrub, herbaceous, vine, etc -->
|species=stellatum
| high = ? <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->
|common_name=Star-flower, Star-flowered lily of the valley
| wide = <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| origin = ? <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->
|habit=herbaceous
| poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->
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|Max ht box=24
| exposure = ? <!--- full sun, part-sun, semi-shade, shade, indoors, bright filtered (you may list more than 1) -->
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| water = ? <!--- frequent, regular, moderate, drought tolerant, let dry then soak -->
|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
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|lifespan=perennial
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|exposure=shade
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|features=flowers
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|flower_season=early summer, mid summer, late summer
| regnum = Plantae <!--- Kingdom -->
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|flowers=white
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|image_caption=Maianthemum stellatum
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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.
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. B.B. (ed. 2) 1:516.
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<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- 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 *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
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