Maianthemum stellatum

Plant Characteristics

Habit		herbaceous
Height:	⇕	24 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 24.
Width:	⇔	18 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 18.
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Bloom:	❀	early summer, mid summer, late summer

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	shade
Features:	✓	flowers
USDA Zones:		3 to 9
Flower features:	❀	white

Scientific Names

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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; 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 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.

It is a woodland herbaceous perennial plant, smaller than its close relative M. racemosum.

Read about Maianthemum stellatum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

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. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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