OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Maianthemum racemosum   FAMILY Ruscaceae   Go to FSUS key

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum   FAMILY Liliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-06-001:

Smilacina racemosa   FAMILY Liliaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
 False Solomon's Seal, Eastern Solomon's Plume, May-plume

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Maianthemum racemosum   FAMILY Ruscaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum   FAMILY Liliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-06-001:
 Smilacina racemosa   FAMILY Liliaceae

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1393

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Moist to dry forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain) (rare in GA Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
3-merous
6 tepals
6 stamens

Flowers in a terminal panicle

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red at maturity (variously mottled when immature)
Berry

 

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