Canada Mayflower

Familiarity breeds comfort with this common plant of forest floors.

CANADA MAYFLOWER (Maianthemum canadensis)

Familiarity breeds comfort with this common plant of forest floors.  Vegetative plants consist of a single, simple leaf while flowering plants have two or three leaves beneath a short spike of white flowers. Berries start out speckled with red and turn a solid dark red in the fall. Colony-forming from rhizomes.

Flower Colour: white
Life Cycle: perennial
Sun Exposure: part shade – shade
Bloom Period: May – June
Height: 3 – 6”
Soil: dry – moist

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