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Family: Asparagaceae
feathery false lily of the valley
[ Maianthemum amplexicaule (Nutt.) W.A.Weber, moreMaianthemum racemosum var. amplexicaule (Nutt.) Dorn, Smilacina amplexicaulis Nutt., Smilacina amplexicaulis var. glabra J.F.Macbr., Smilacina amplexicaulis var. jenkinsii B.Boivin, Smilacina amplexicaulis var. ovata B.Boivin, Smilacina racemosa subsp. amplexicaulis (Nutt.) McNeill, Smilacina racemosa var. amplexicaulis (Nutt.) S.Watson, Smilacina racemosa var. brachystyla L.F.Hend., Smilacina racemosa var. glabra (J.F.Macbr.) H.St.John, Smilacina racemosa var. jenkinsii (B.Boivin) B.Boivin, Vagnera amplexicaulis (Nutt.) Greene, Vagnera amplexicaulis var. glabra (J.F.Macbr.) Abrams] |
Stems erect. Leaves sessile, clasping; blade base rounded; apex of third leaf below inflorescence acute, shorter than 2 mm. Flowering mid spring; fruiting early summer--autumn. Deciduous woodlands, persisting along shaded roadsides and urban and suburban wooded tracts; 0--700 m; Alta., B.C., N.W.T., Sask.; Alaska, Ariz., Calif., Colo., Idaho, Mont., Nev., N.Mex., N.Dak., Oreg., S.Dak., Tex., Utah, Wash., Wyo.; n Mexico. |
