Maianthemum racemosum(L.) Link

Solomon's plume

WFO wfo-0000690499 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h

Maianthemum racemosum, photographed by Michelle Norcéide
fig. a Michelle Norcéide, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-13 / obs. 205910248
Maianthemum racemosum, photographed by Lynn Harper
fig. b Lynn Harper, CC0 1.0 / obs. 205877674
Maianthemum racemosum, photographed by Ryan Sorrells
fig. c Ryan Sorrells, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205672306
Maianthemum racemosum, photographed by Mila C.
fig. d Mila C., CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205844688
Maianthemum racemosum, photographed by Tracy Sherbrook
fig. e Tracy Sherbrook, CC0 1.0 / obs. 205850083
Maianthemum racemosum, photographed by Nathan Cole
fig. f Nathan Cole, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204676172
Maianthemum racemosum, photographed by Matt Pelikan
fig. g Matt Pelikan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204234675
Maianthemum racemosum, photographed by Alina Martin
fig. h Alina Martin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204507219

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Confused withby our own model

These are not lookalikes we guessed at. Each one is a species our identification model genuinely mistook for this plant, and how many times. The error rate is published.

Flowering n = 6,040 observations

Peak flowering in May, from 6,040 community-annotated observations worldwide. This is a global aggregate, not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres, and citizen-science records cluster near cities, at weekends, and in spring. Where a species has fewer than 30 annotated records we do not draw this chart at all.

Also published as 35 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Convallaria ciliata (Desf.) Poir.
  • Convallaria racemosa L.
  • Maianthemum amplexicaule (Nutt.) W.A.Weber
  • Maianthemum racemosum var. amplexicaule (Nutt.) Dorn
  • Polygonastrum racemosum (L.) Moench
  • Sigillaria ciliata (Desf.) Raf.
  • Sigillaria multiflora Raf.
  • Smilacina amplexicaulis Nutt.
  • Smilacina amplexicaulis var. glabra J.F.Macbr.
  • Smilacina amplexicaulis var. jenkinsii B.Boivin
  • Smilacina amplexicaulis var. ovata B.Boivin
  • Smilacina ciliata Desf.
  • Smilacina flexicaulis Wender.
  • Smilacina latifolia Nutt. ex Baker
  • Smilacina racemosa (L.) Desf.
  • Smilacina racemosa f. foliosa Vict.
  • Smilacina racemosa subsp. amplexicaulis (Nutt.) McNeill
  • Smilacina racemosa var. amplexicaulis (Nutt.) S.Watson
  • Smilacina racemosa var. brachystyla L.F.Hend.
  • Smilacina racemosa var. cylindrata Fernald
  • Smilacina racemosa var. glabra (J.F.Macbr.) H.St.John
  • Smilacina racemosa var. jenkinsii (B.Boivin) B.Boivin
  • Smilacina racemosa var. lanceolata B.Boivin
  • Smilacina racemosa var. typica Fernald

and 11 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice, no toxicity claim and no native range, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.