Scientific Name: Maianthemum dilatatum
Common Name: false lily-of-the valley
Family Name: Asparagaceae
Origin: Europe
Hardiness Zone: Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C)
Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial, Invasive plant
Mature Size: 0.1 - 0.2m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width)
Habit: Arching
Form: Creeping / Mat-like
Texture: Coarse
Landscape Uses: Erosion control, Ground cover
Exposure: Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade
Soil or Media: Humus rich
Leaves: Simple, Basal, Soft flexible, Parallel venation, Glabrous, Ovate, Entire
Flowers: Raceme, White, May-Jun-Jul
Fruit: Berry (true), Dark-red, Aug-Sep
Key ID Features:
Leaves heart-shaped; florets with 6 white tepals, on raceme with leaf-like bract on peduncle; fruit red, berries.