Feathery false lily of the valley
Maianthemum racemosum (L.) Link
- light
- Part–shade
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 76 cm
- wide
- 69 cm
Asparagaceae
Also called False Solomon's seal, Solomon's plume, Treacle-berry, False spikenard
Formerly Convallaria racemosa, Polygonastrum racemosum, Smilacina racemosa, Tovaria racemosa, and 2 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Rhizomatous geophyteKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- N. America to Mexico (Chihuahua)Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Part shade to shade (under 6 h)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 61 cm to 91 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 46 cm to 91 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- WhiteRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -45.6 °C (USDA zone 2a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Czech
- smilacina hroznovitá
- German
- Duftsiegel
- Navajo
- Naadą́ą́ʼ yiltʼąąʼí
- Chinese
- 假黄精, 总序鹿药
- Dutch
- almindelig skyggeblomst
- Portuguese
- falso-selo-de-salomão, pluma-de-salomão
- Polish
- majówka groniasta
- French
- maïanthème à grappes, smilacine à grappes
- Finnish
- tertturotkokielo
- Norwegian
- toppkonvall
- Swedish
- vipprams
- Russian
- Майник кистевидный
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Maianthemum racemosum (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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