General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 12 - 36 inches
Plant Spread: 12 - 18 inches
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Stratify seeds: Seeds need alternating periods of warm and cold stratification to germinate
Other info: Seeds have chemical inhibitors that prevent germination if they are not removed
Propagation: Other methods: Division

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Common names
  • False Solomon's Seal
  • Solomon's Plume
  • Smilacina
  • Feathery False Lily of the Valley
  • False Spikenard
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Maianthemum racemosum subsp. racemosum
  • Synonym: Convallaria racemosa
  • Synonym: Smilacina ciliata
  • Synonym: Smilacina ramecmosa

Photo Gallery
Location: My yard in SE Nebraska
Date: 2011-09-25
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-13

Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: Natural Area in Northeastern Indiana  
Date: 2011-10-04
Growing near the edge of a runoff creek.
Location: Squak Mountain State Park, Issaquah, Washington
photo credit: Walter Siegmund

Photo: Dave Moore

Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: Lilburn Tower garden, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2012-06-03
Location: Squak Mountain State Park, Issaquah, Washington
photo credit: Walter Siegmund

Date: 2004-05-23

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