Maianthemum stellatum

(Linnaeus) Link

Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 343. 1821.

Common names: Little false Solomon’s-seal starflower Solomon’s-seal smilacine étoilée
Basionym: Convallaria stellata Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 1: 316. 1753
Synonyms: Smilacina liliacea (Greene) Wynd Smilacina stellata (Linnaeus) Desfontaines Unifolium liliaceum Greene Unifolium sessilifolium (Nuttall ex Baker) Greene Unifolium stellatum (Linnaeus) Greene Vagnera liliacea (Greene) Rydberg Vagnera sessilifolia (Nuttall ex Baker) Greene Vagnera stellata (Linnaeus) Morong
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 209. Mentioned on page 207.

Plants terrestrial, 15–45 cm. Rhizomes sympodial, proliferatively spreading, narrow-cylindrical, units 15–60 cm × 3–4.5 mm, roots scattered over surfaces. Stems erect, 2.5–5 dm × 2–3.5 mm. Leaves 8–11, sessile, clasping; blade ovate-elliptic to lanceolate, 5–6 × 2.5–3.5 cm; base rounded; apex acute. Inflorescences racemose, simple, 6–15-flowered. Flowers 1 per node, 3-merous; tepals conspicuous, 4–5 × 1.5–2 mm; filaments 1.2–1.5 mm; anthers 0.6–0.8 mm; ovary globose to cylindrical, ca. 1 mm wide; style 1.3–1.8 mm; stigma obscurely 3-lobed; pedicel 6–12 × 0.8–1 mm. Berries green with black stripes along median carpel vein when young, maturing to red, globose, 4–6 mm diam. Seeds 1–6, globose, 2.5–3 mm. 2n = 36.


Phenology: Flowering mid or late spring.
Habitat: Sand dunes, marginal woodlands, oak openings
Elevation: 0–3200 m

Distribution

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Alta., B.C., Man., N.B., Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.), N.W.T., N.S., Ont., P.E.I., Que., Sask., Yukon, Alaska, Ariz., Calif., Colo., Conn., Del., D.C., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Mo., Mont., Nebr., Nev., N.H., N.J., N.Mex., N.Y., N.Dak., Ohio, Okla., Oreg., Pa., R.I., S.Dak., Tenn., Utah, Vt., Va., Wash., W.Va., Wis., Wyo., disjunct in nw Mexico

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"thicker" is not a number."dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

... more about "Maianthemum stellatum"
versatile +  and dorsifixed +
cordate +  and linear +
0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br /> (0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br />) +
James V. LaFrankie +
(Linnaeus) Link +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
rounded +
Convallaria stellata +
black stripes +  and green +
reticulate-veined +  and parallel-veined +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
ovate-elliptic +  and lanceolate +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
sheathing +  and involucrate +
1;several +
tunicate +  and scaly +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
short-petiolate +  and clasping +
Little false Solomon’s-seal +, starflower Solomon’s-seal +  and smilacine étoilée +
Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.) +, N.W.T. +, N.S. +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Ariz. +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Conn. +, Del. +, D.C. +, Idaho +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, Ky. +, Maine +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Mo. +, Mont. +, Nebr. +, Nev. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Mex. +, N.Y. +, N.Dak. +, Ohio +, Okla. +, Oreg. +, Pa. +, R.I. +, S.Dak. +, Tenn. +, Utah +, Vt. +, Va. +, Wash. +, W.Va. +, Wis. +, Wyo. +  and disjunct in nw Mexico +
0–3200 m +
connate-coroniform +  and dilated +
0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
bright red;mottled +
indehiscent +, septicidal +  and loculicidal +
membranaceous +  and leathery +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
Sand dunes, marginal woodlands, oak openings +
6-15-flowered +  and simple +
persistent +
entire +, denticulate +, undulate +  and flat +
2-3-carpellate +
globose;cylindrical +
many;several +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (?) +  and 1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (?) +
0.8mm;1mm +
zygomorphic +  and actinomorphic +
Flowering mid or late spring. +
Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. +
narrow-cylindrical +
wind-distributed +
1 +  and 6 +
globose +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
adnate +  and free +
staminodial +
3 +, 4 +  and 6 +
2mm;3.5mm +
1 +  and several +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (?) +
3 +  and 1 +
0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br /> (0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br />) +
Smilacina liliacea +, Smilacina stellata +, Unifolium liliaceum +, Unifolium sessilifolium +, Unifolium stellatum +, Vagnera liliacea +, Vagnera sessilifolia +  and Vagnera stellata +
Maianthemum stellatum +
Maianthemum +
species +
distinct +
conspicuous +
triangular +  and ovate +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
1.5mm;2mm +
sepaloid +  and petaloid +
narrower +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
caulescent +  and scapose +
3 +  and 2 +