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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Maianthemum stellatum
FAMILY
Ruscaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Maianthemum stellatum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Maianthemum stellatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Maianthemum stellatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Smilacina stellata
COMMON NAME:
Starry Solomon's Plume, Starflower, Starry Solomon's Seal
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_vast4_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm130527_472
May MT
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JK Marlow jkm130530_014b
May MT
Flowers in a simple raceme; perianth segments 6; peduncle usually < 2cm long;, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
COMPARE
Solomon's Plume, Solomon's Seal, Twisted Stalk, and two Bellworts
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JK Marlow jkm130530_015
May MT
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Penny Longhurst pen_20210521_094642
May Clearwater County ID
Elk River
Leaves 6-11 per stem; leaf blades sessile or subclasping at the base, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Penny Longhurst pen_20180621_151146
June Pierce County WA
Mount Rainier National Park
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Penny Longhurst pen_20180622_140138
June Pierce County WA
Mount Rainier National Park
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Penny Longhurst pen_20180626_101731
June King County WA
Twin Falls Natural Area, North Bend
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Maianthemum stellatum
FAMILY
Ruscaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Maianthemum stellatum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Maianthemum stellatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Maianthemum stellatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Smilacina stellata
3181
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: alluvial forests, calcareous fens, seepage swamps, per Weakley's Flora
Native north and northwest of the Carolinas & Georgia
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
3-merous
6 tepals
Flowers in a simple raceme
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red at maturity (variously mottled when immature)
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p166
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p367
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p422
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p013
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