...Moist
...Variable
...Dry
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Maianthemum from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Maianthemum racemosum
FAMILY
Ruscaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Tennessee Flora Committee (2015)
Maianthemum racemosum
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-06-001:
Smilacina racemosa
FAMILY
Liliaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Vagnera australis
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Vagnera racemosa
COMMON NAME:
False Solomon's Seal, Eastern Solomon's Plume, May-plume
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_vara3_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm090405_025
April Walker County GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain
Leaf veins are more deeply impressed than those of Polygonatum. — Patrick McMillan
COMPARE
Solomon's Plume, Solomon's Seal, Twisted Stalk, and two Bellworts
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JK Marlow jkm120414_964
April Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
On the left Solomon's Seal; on the right, False Solomon's Seal.
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JK Marlow jkm120421_150
April Hendersonvlle County NC
Holmes Educational Forest
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JK Marlow jkm120421_243
April Hendersonvlle County NC
Holmes Educational Forest
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JK Marlow jkm140418_174
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm180427_1549
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Keith Bradley kab_m_racemosum_03007
April NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Inclusion of Smilacina in Maianthemum remains controversial and uncertain, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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JK Marlow jkm0305zc_05
May Buncombe County NC
Botanical Gardens at Asheville
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JK Marlow jkm0405m_13
May Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Numerous flowers in a dense terminal panicle 2-6" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm090503_044
May Polk County NC
False Solomon's Seal in the upper half of the pic; "real" in the lower half
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JK Marlow jkm100515_002
May Henderson County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
The stem is conspicuously angled in a zigzag fashion, per Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_m_racemosum_ra_1
May
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_m_racemosum_ra_2
May
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_m_racemosum_ra_e
May
Flowers have six tepals and six stamens.
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JK Marlow jkm0308o_35
August Greenville County SC
Just before maturity the berry is green finely dotted with red, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmmracemosum_nantahala
Month Unknown NC
Nantahala National Forest