North Carolina Wildflowers

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Liliaceae>Maianthemum (Smilacina)
	I learned this plant as False Solomon's Seal (Smilacina racemosa), but its taxonomy has been revised. False Solomon's Seal, Solomon's Plume, Feathery False Lily of the Valley (Maianthemum racemosum) Graham Co., NC 28 Apr 2006
	False Solomon's Seal, Solomon's Plume, Feathery False Lily of the Valley (Maianthemum racemosum) Graham Co., NC 28 Apr 2006
	False Solomon's Seal, Solomon's Plume, Feathery False Lily of the Valley (Maianthemum racemosum) Watauga Co., NC 25 July 2006 Fruits (berries) are red when ripe and green with red spots just before maturity.

Canada Mayflower, False Lily of the Valley (Maianthemum canadense) Jackson Co., NC 14 May 2006 Common in high elevation forests in NC.

Starry False Solomon's Seal (Maianthemum stellatum, Smilacina stellata) Emmet Co., MI 22 Aug 2008 Occurs just north of NC in the VA and WV mountains.

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Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.