| 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: | 0.2 - 0.4m 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, Alternate, Opposite, Soft flexible, Parallel venation, Glabrous, Ovate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Raceme, White, May-Jun-Jul |
| Fruit: | Berry (true), Red, Dark-red, Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Rhizome with stems 15-35cm long x 2-4mm wide; leaves solitary on sterile shoots or 2-3 alternating on flowering shoots, most ovate, 6-10cm long x 5-8cm wide; base cordate, glabrous; flowers with 6 white tepals, 15-40 per raceme with leaf-like bract on peduncle; berries mottled green, turning dark red when mature, round, 4-6mm wide. | |