Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Family Results

Category: Monocots
Family Name: Ruscaceae

Convallaria - [maps | photos]

• Convallaria majalis L. var. majalis *
  Common Name: European lily of the valley

• Convallaria majalis L. var. montana (Raf.) Ahles
  Common Name: American lily of the valley
  Synonyms:
  

         • Convallaria majascula Greene

         • Convallaria montana Raf.

Maianthemum - [maps | photos]

• Maianthemum canadense Desf.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative -
  Common Name: Canada mayflower

• Maianthemum racemosum (L.) Link.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: false solomon's seal
  Synonyms:
  

         • Smilacina racemosa (L.) Desf.

• Maianthemum stellatum (L.) Link. (TN Endangered)
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative +
  Common Name: starry false lily of the vally
  Synonyms:
  

         • Smilacina stellata (L.) Desf.

Polygonatum - [maps | photos]

• Polygonatum biflorum (Walt.) Ell.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative -
  Common Name: true Solomon's seal
  Synonyms:
  

         • Polygonatum commutatum (J.A. & J.H. Schultes) A. Dietr.

         • Polygonatum canaliculatum auct. non (Muhl. ex Willd.) Pursh

• Polygonatum pubescens (Willd.) Pursh
  Common Name: hairy Solomon's seal

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Dr. Jessica M. Budke or Margaret Oliver.