Starry false lily of the valley
Maianthemum stellatum (L.) Link
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 38 cm
- wide
- —
Asparagaceae
Also called Wild lily-of-the-valley
Formerly Asteranthemum stellatum, Convallaria hybrida, Convallaria stellata, Smilacina liliacea, and 11 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
- Subarctic America to NE. MexicoKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 25 cm to 51 cmRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- WhiteRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, spread, water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (5)
- French
- maïanthème étoilée
- Navajo
- Yéʼii bidą́ą́ʼ yiltʼąąʼí
- Polish
- Majówka gwiazdkowata
- Swedish
- Stjärnrams
- Chinese
- 星花舞鹤草
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY 2.5
- 3D model: Maianthemum stellatum (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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