Common Name: false lily-of-the-valley, Canada mayflowerScientific Name: Maianthemum canadense Desf.Family Name: Liliaceae - Lily FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cyclenative perennial, reproducing by seed and creeping roots Stemsupright, short, slightly zig-zagged, smooth Leavesalternate, two sometimes three per stem, oval to oval-oblong, entire, bases heart-shaped, sessile to short-petioled and somewhat clasping, smooth Flowers4-tepaled, white, tepals curved backwards; terminal racemes, upright Fruitberry, round, pale green and spotted, turning red when mature