Scientific Name: Maianthemum stellatum
Common Name: star-flowered false Solomon's seal
Family Name: Asparagaceae
Origin: North America
Hardiness Zone: Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C)
Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Mature Size: 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width)
Habit: Arching, Upright
Form: Vase
Texture: Coarse
Landscape Uses: Perennial border, Spring interest
Exposure: Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Elliptic, Lanceolate, Entire
Flowers: Raceme, White, Apr-May-Jun
Fruit: Berry (true), Edible, Dark-red, Jul-Aug
Key ID Features:
Single stem (15-)30-45cm tall; leaves sessile with base clasping stem, 8-11, alternate, lanceolate-elliptic, 5-15cm long x 1.5-4cm wide; flowers 4-6mm wide, 6 white tepals, in terminal panicle; berries round,4-6mm wide, green with black stripes, maturing to red.