Maianthemum trifolium

(Linnaeus) Sloboda

Rostlinnictví, 192. 1852.

Common names: Three-leaf Solomon’s-seal three-leaf Solomon’s-plume smilacine trifoliée
Basionym: Convallaria trifolia Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 1: 316. 1753
Synonyms: Smilacina trifolia (Linnaeus) Desfontaines Unifolium trifolium (Linnaeus) Greene Vagnera trifolia (Linnaeus) Morong
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 209. Mentioned on page 207.

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.


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

Distribution

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St. Pierre and Miquelon, Alta., B.C., Man., N.B., Nfld. and Labr., N.W.T., N.S., Nunavut, Ont., P.E.I., Que., Sask., Yukon, Conn., Maine, Mass., Mich., Minn., N.H., N.J., N.Y., Ohio, Pa., R.I., Vt., Wis., Asia (Siberia)

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Maianthemum trifolium"
versatile +  and dorsifixed +
cordate +  and linear +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br />) +
acuminate +  and acute +
James V. LaFrankie +
(Linnaeus) Sloboda +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
tapering +
Convallaria trifolia +
red +, red spots +  and green +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
globose +
reticulate-veined +  and parallel-veined +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
sheathing +  and involucrate +
1;several +
tunicate +  and scaly +
short-petiolate +  and clasping +
Three-leaf Solomon’s-seal +, three-leaf Solomon’s-plume +  and smilacine trifoliée +
St. Pierre and Miquelon +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. +, N.W.T. +, N.S. +, Nunavut +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, Conn. +, Maine +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, Ohio +, Pa. +, R.I. +, Vt. +, Wis. +  and Asia (Siberia) +
0–1000 m +
connate-coroniform +  and dilated +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 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 />) +
Often forming dense clonal patches in sphagnum bogs, muskegs, and wet forests +
5-15-flowered +  and simple +
persistent +
entire +, denticulate +, undulate +  and flat +
2-3-carpellate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
cylindrical;globose +
1.5mm;2.4mm +
many;several +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (?) +
zygomorphic +  and actinomorphic +
Flowering May–Jun, fruits retained through Sep. +
Rostlinnictví, +
wind-distributed +
1 +  and 3 +
globose +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +
adnate +  and free +
staminodial +
3 +, 4 +  and 6 +
2mm;3mm +
1 +  and several +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (?) +
3 +  and 1 +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
Smilacina trifolia +, Unifolium trifolium +  and Vagnera trifolia +
Maianthemum trifolium +
Maianthemum +
species +
distinct +
2.5mm;4mm +
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 +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
caulescent +  and scapose +
3 +  and 2 +