Asparagaceae
Canada mayflower
Maianthemum canadense
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Maianthemum
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 北美舞鹤草
- English
- Canada mayflower
- French
- Maïanthème du Canada
Synonyms
- Convallaria canadensis (Desf.) Poir.
- Maianthemum bifolium f. canadense (Desf.) Farw.
- Maianthemum canadense f. canadense
- Maianthemum canadense f. oswaldii Moldenke
- Maianthemum canadense f. trifolium (Pursh) Vict.
- Maianthemum canadense subsp. interius (Fernald) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Maianthemum canadense var. canadense
- Maianthemum canadense var. carolinianum Butters
- Maianthemum canadense var. interius Fernald
- Maianthemum canadense var. ovale (Pursh) Butters
- Smilacina bifolia var. canadensis (Desf.) A.Gray
- Smilacina canadensis (Desf.) Pursh
- Smilacina canadensis var. ovalis Pursh
- Smilacina canadensis var. trifolia Pursh
- Styrandra amplexicaulis Raf.
- Styrandra canadensis (Desf.) Raf.
- Unifolium bifolium var. ovale (Pursh) Farw.
- Unifolium bifolium var. trifolium (Pursh) Farw.
- Unifolium canadense (Desf.) Greene
- Unifolium canadense var. interius House
- Unifolium eschscholtzianum W.Wight ex J.P.Anderson
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.