Reprinted with permission from the New Britton and 

 Brown Illustrated Flora of the Northeastern United 

 States and Adjacent Canada. Vol. 1, page 427, 

 Copyright 1952, The New York Botanical Garden. 



MAIANTHEMUM CANADENSE 

 WILD LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY 



Wild Lily-of-the-valley is a rhizomatous, perennial herb with unbranched, sparsely hairy, zig-zag-shaped stems that are 

 8-20 cm high. The 2-3 alternate, elliptical leaves are ca. 6 cm long and have a shallow basal lobe or short petiole that 

 partly surrounds the stem. The small, white flowers are borne in a tightly branched terminal inflorescence. The flowers 

 have 4 stamens and 4 narrow, undifferentiated perianth segments, or tepals, that are ca. 2 mm long. The ovary matures 

 into a red, 1 -2-seeded berry that is ca. 3 mm wide. 



Flowering in June. 



Species of SMILACINA and DISPORUM have more leaves and much larger fhiits. Both genera have 6 tepals and 6 

 stamens. 



