Common Name: BUTCHER'S-BROOM FAMILY Habit: Perennial herb to shrub, rhizomed or not. Stem: leafy or scapose. Leaf: 2--15, basal or cauline, cauline clasping or sheathing, petioled [or reduced to scales, with short branches flattened, green, appearing leaf-like]. Inflorescence: terminal or axillary, panicle or raceme. Flower: unisexual or bisexual, generally white (+- pink); perianth parts 4 or 6, fused or not, erect, nodding or pendent; stamens (4)6, +- fused to perianth, anthers attached near base; ovary superior, chambers 2--3, style 1, stigma +- 3-lobed. Fruit: berry, spheric, red, orange-red, or blue-black, or capsule, papery. Seed: 1--12. Genera In Family: 26 genera, 475 species: northern hemisphere, South Africa, northern Australia; species in several genera cultivated as ornamental, house pls. Note:Smilacina moved to Maianthemum. eFlora Treatment Author: Dale W. McNeal, except as noted Scientific Editor: Thomas J. Rosatti.
Common Name: FALSE LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY, FALSE SOLOMON'S SEAL Habit: Rhizome creeping. Stem: erect, simple [0]. Leaf: alternate, generally +- clasping, lower reduced to sheathing scales. Inflorescence: terminal, raceme to panicle. Flower: perianth parts 4 or 6 in 2 petal-like whorls, white; stamens 4 or 6; ovary superior, chambers 2--3, style 1, stigmas 2--3. Fruit: berry. Seed: 1--3. Etymology: (Greek: May flower, from flowering season) Note: Historically divided into 2 genera, Maianthemum, Smilacina (1. vs 1' in key); otherwise +- equal morphologically, unique chromosomally. Reference: LaFrankie 2002 FNANM 26:206--210 Unabridged Reference: LaFrankie, J. V. 1986. Transfer of the species of Smilacina Desf. to Maianthemum Wiggers (Liliaceae). Taxon 35:584--589; Rudall P. J. et al. 2000. Systematics of the Ruscaceae/Convallariaceae: A combined morphological and molecular investigation. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 134:73--92
Maianthemum stellatum (L.) Link
NATIVE Habit: Rhizome 3--5 mm diam. Stem: 30--70 cm, straight or +- zigzag above, glabrous to puberulent. Leaf: > 5, 5--17 cm, (ob)lanceolate to elliptic, acuminate, abaxially puberulent; petioles 0. Inflorescence: raceme (or few-branched near base), generally 2--8 cm; flowers 5--15. Flower: perianth parts 6, 4--7 mm, > stamens, spreading, oblong to lanceolate; ovary chambers 3. Fruit: 7--10 mm, red-purple to black. Seed: 2.5--3 mm, brown. Chromosomes: n=18. Ecology: Moist woodland, streambanks, open slopes; Elevation: < 2400 m. Bioregional Distribution: NW, CaR, SN, CW, SW, Wrn, SNE; Distribution Outside California: to British Columbia, eastern North America. Flowering Time: Apr--Jun Synonyms: Smilacina stellata (L.) Desf.; Smilacina stellata var. sessilifolia (Baker) L.F. Hend. Jepson eFlora Author: Dale W. McNeal Reference: LaFrankie 2002 FNANM 26:206--210 Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange) Previous taxon: Maianthemum racemosum Next taxon: Nolina
Botanical illustration including Maianthemum stellatum
Citation for this treatment: Dale W. McNeal 2012, Maianthemum stellatum, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=32497, accessed on December 03, 2024.
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on December 03, 2024.
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