7/14/2015

wildflowers in the woods

False Solomon's Seal Maianthemum racemosum grows in the shady wild wild woods.  Earlier this Spring, the rhizomes sent up zig-zag stems with alternate leaves, then blossomed with a cluster of tiny white star-shaped flowers at the end of the stem. 
















Now, berries have set and are changing through several shades of waxy brown.  When ripe red, wildlife eat them.