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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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
JK Marlow jkm120414_964
April Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
On the left Solomon's Seal; on the right, False Solomon's Seal.
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).
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.
JK Marlow jkm090503_044
May Polk County NC
False Solomon's Seal in the upper half of the pic; "real" in the lower half
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.
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.