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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Maianthemum canadense
|accepted_authority=Desfontaines
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.
|place=9: 54. 1807
|year=1807
}}
|common_names=False lily-of-the-valley;two-leaved Solomon’s-seal;Canadian may-lily;maïanthème du Canada
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Maianthemum canadense var. interius
|authority=Fernald
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Smilacina canadensis
|authority=(Desfontaines) Greene
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Unifolium canadense
|authority=unknown
}}
|hierarchy=Liliaceae;Maianthemum;Maianthemum canadense
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Liliaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Maianthemum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Maianthemum canadense]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 206, 207
|treatment_page=page 208
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>terrestrial, 10–25 cm. <b>Rhizomes</b> sympodial, proliferatively branching, units 2–30 cm × 1–1.5 mm, roots restricted to nodes. <b>Stems</b> erect, 1–1.8 dm × 1–2.5 mm. <b>Leaves</b> solitary on sterile shoots, 2–3 on fertile shoots; blade 4.5–7(–9) × 3–4.5(–5.5) cm, apex acute or short-caudate; proximal leaves sessile, blade ovate, base with narrow sinus; distal leaves petiolate, blade cordate, petiole 1–7 mm. <b>Inflorescences</b> racemose, complex, 12–25-flowered. <b>Flowers</b> (1–)2(–3) per node, 2-merous; tepals conspicuous, 1.5–2 × 0.8–1 mm; filaments 1–1.5 mm; anthers 0.2–0.4 mm; ovary globose, 0.8–1 mm wide; style 0.5–0.8 mm; stigma distinctly 2-lobed; pedicel 3–7 × 0.2–0.5 mm. <b>Berries</b> green mottled red when young, maturing to deep translucent red, globose, 4–6 mm diam. <b>Seeds</b> 1–2, globose, 3 mm. <b>2n</b> = 36, 54, 72.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering early spring.
|habitat=Deciduous and coniferous forests, persisting in forest remnants and parks
|elevation=0–1800 m
|distribution=St. Pierre and Miquelon;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.W.T.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mont.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.
|discussion=<p>Pubescent specimens of <i>Maianthemum canadense</i> in the western half of the range with consistently larger leaves have been treated as var. interius.</p>
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name=Maianthemum canadense
|author=
|authority=Desfontaines
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Maianthemum canadense var. interius;Smilacina canadensis;Unifolium canadense
|basionyms=
|family=Liliaceae
|phenology=Flowering early spring.
|habitat=Deciduous and coniferous forests, persisting in forest remnants and parks
|elevation=0–1800 m
|distribution=St. Pierre and Miquelon;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.W.T.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mont.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.
|publication year=1807
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V26/V26_356.xml
|genus=Maianthemum
|species=Maianthemum canadense
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