False Solomon's Seal (Maianthemum racemosum)



     False Solomon's Seal is a native, perennial wildflower with tiny, star-shaped, creamy white flowers that grow in clusters, three to five inches long, at the end of a single long arching stem. The leaves are oval, three to six inches long, alternating, and stalkless. The leaves have conspicuously parallel veins. It grows one to three feet tall, and spreads by rhizomes often forming large colonies. It grows in shade in deciduous woodlands. (LS)