Maianthemum stellatum(L.) Link

star-flowered lily-of-the-valley

WFO wfo-0000690521 Accepted WFO 2026-06 7 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–g

Maianthemum stellatum, photographed by Brian Finzel
fig. a Brian Finzel, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2022-06-12 / obs. 205649289
Maianthemum stellatum, photographed by Alexis Godin
fig. b Alexis Godin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204707952
Maianthemum stellatum, photographed by Laura Gaudette
fig. c Laura Gaudette, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204571462
Maianthemum stellatum, photographed by Carol Ann Vermeer
fig. d Carol Ann Vermeer, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205438799
Maianthemum stellatum, photographed by Laura Gaudette
fig. e Laura Gaudette, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205562082
Maianthemum stellatum, photographed by Shane Johnson
fig. f Shane Johnson, CC0 1.0 / obs. 204765390
Maianthemum stellatum, photographed by Étienne Lacroix-Carignan
fig. g Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0 1.0 / obs. 205005186

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Flowering n = 4,104 observations

Peak flowering in May, from 4,104 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 24 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.

  • Asteranthemum stellatum (L.) Nieuwl.
  • Asteranthemum vulgare Kunth
  • Asteranthemum vulgare var. uniflorum (Pursh) Kunth
  • Convallaria hybrida Marchal
  • Convallaria stellata L.
  • Smilacina liliacea (Greene) Wynd
  • Smilacina sessilifolia Nutt. ex Baker
  • Smilacina stellata (L.) Desf.
  • Smilacina stellata f. paniculata H.St.John
  • Smilacina stellata var. crassa Vict.
  • Smilacina stellata var. sessilifolia (Nutt. ex Baker) L.F.Hend.
  • Smilacina stellata var. sylvatica Vict. & J.Rousseau
  • Smilacina stellata var. uniflora Pursh
  • Tovaria sessilifolia Baker
  • Tovaria stellata (L.) Baker
  • Unifolium liliaceum Greene
  • Unifolium sessilifolium (Nutt. ex Baker) Greene
  • Unifolium stellatum (L.) Greene
  • Vagnera angustifolia Raf.
  • Vagnera leptopetala Rydb.
  • Vagnera liliacea (Greene) Rydb.
  • Vagnera sessilifolia (Nutt. ex Baker) Greene
  • Vagnera stellata (L.) Morong
  • Vagnera stellata var. mollis Farw.

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.