Starry Solomon's Seal
Maianthemum stellatum
Camas/Triteleia/Yucca family (Asparagaceae)
Also known as "Star-flower." Six-petaled star flowers arranged in a , narrow leaves, and dense colonies of plants help distinguish Star-Flowered False Solomon's Seal from False Solomon's Seal. striped when they first emerge maturing into red-brown then blue-black . "Stellatum" is Latin for "Star."
A perennial plant lives and blooms for many years.
A herb is a plant whose stems die back to the ground in the winter.
fruit -- any seed-bearing structure in flowering plants. It is formed from the ovary after flowering.
The botanical term "berry" is different from common usage. Strawberries and raspberries are not berries. But a tomatoe is. A true berry is a fruit with the seeds immersed in the pulp.
tepal -- like a flower petal. Tepal is used, instead of petal, when it is not easy to tell the sepals from the petals.
A raceme is an unbranched, indeterminate type of inflorescence bearing flowers having short floral stalks along its axis.
alternate -- leaves alternate along the main stem and are attached singly.
lanceolate -- Lance-shaped. Long, wider in the middle.
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem.