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The Wildflowers

Canada Mayflower

or

Wild Lily-of-the-Valley

Maianthemum canadense

From Nearctica

Identification: Flowers white to slightly greenish white in a terminal spike. Flowers with four narrow, pointed petals. Berries white with spots, turning pale red with age. Leaves two, rarely three per plant, broad. Base of leaf heart-shaped with ends surrounding stem. Plant 3 to 6 inches in height.

Distribution: Across Canada and southward in the east to Georgia and in the west to Nebraska and Wyoming.

Habitat: Canada Mayflower is found in forest or forest clearings.

Flowering period: May to July.