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    - Class - Monocots - Monocotyledoneae
      - Order - Lilies - Liliales
        
        Family - Lilies - Liliaceae
        
        Species - Wild Lily-of-the-valley - Maianthemum canadense

Wild Lily-of-the-valley - Maianthemum canadense

Potential Species of Concern
Native Species

Global Rank: G5
State Rank: SH
(see State Rank Reason below)

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Documented for Montana from one 1948 collection by W. E. Booth near Alzada.

General Description

Rhizomatous perennials. Stems erect, 5–20 cm. Leaves cauline, 2 or 3 (solitary on sterile shoots), short-petiolate; blade cordate, ovate, 4–7 cm long, seemingly clasping the stem. Inflorescence an ebracteate raceme with 12 to 25 flowers. Flowers regular, star-shaped; tepals 4, white, separate, obovate, ca. 2 mm long, spreading; stamens ca. as long as the tepals; stigma 2-lobed. Fruit a globose berry, 4–6 mm long, red, mottled when immature (Lesica 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Phenology

Flowering in June.

Species Range

Unknown

Range Comments

BC to NL south to WY, SD, IA and GA. One collection from Carter County (Lesica 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database

Number of Observations: 5

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Relative Density

Recency

(Observations spanning multiple months or years are excluded from time charts)

Habitat

Moist, humic soil in riparian forest on the plains.

Ecological Systems Associated with this Species

Commonly Associated with these Ecological Systems
Forest and Woodland Systems
- Great Plains Wooded Draw and Ravine
Wetland and Riparian Systems
- Great Plains Riparian

References

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- Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
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Citation for data on this website:
Wild Lily-of-the-valley — Maianthemum canadense. Montana Field Guide. Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved on March 2, 2021, from http://FieldGuide.mt.gov/speciesDetail.aspx?elcode=PMLIL1D010