Maianthemum dilatatum

Plants terrestrial, 20–45 cm. Rhizomes sympodial, proliferatively branching, units 8–20 cm × 1–1.5 mm, roots restricted to nodes. Stems erect, 1.5–3.5 dm × 2–4 mm. Leaves solitary on sterile shoots, 2–3 on fertile shoots, petiolate; blade cordate, 6–10 × 5–8 cm; base lobed, with deep sinus; apex sharply acute; proximal leaves short-petiolate, blade triangular to cordate, petiole 4–7 cm; distal leaves petiolate, blade deeply cordate, petiole 7–10 cm. Inflorescences racemose, complex, 15–40-flowered. Flowers (1–)3(–4) per node, 2-merous; tepals conspicuous, 2–3.2 × 1.5 mm; filaments 1.5 mm; anthers 0.2–0.4 mm; ovary globose, 0.8–1 mm wide; style 0.4–0.5 mm; stigma distinctly 2-lobed; pedicel 3–5 × 0.2–0.4 mm. Berries green mottled with red when young, maturing to deep translucent red, globose, 4–6 mm diam. Seeds 1–2, globose, 2–3 mm. 2n = 36.

Water moderately, allowing the top 3cm to dry out between watering.

Maianthemum Dilatatum

Maianthemum dilatatum

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