- Scientific Name: Maianthemum bifolium (L.) F.W.Schmidt
- Ref: Fl. Boëm. 4:55. 1794
- Synonyms: Convallaria bifolia L., Smilacina bifolia (L.) Ker Gawl.
- English Common Name: false lily of the valley, May lily, two-leaved beadruby
- Chinese Common Name: 舞鹤草 wǔhècǎo, 二叶舞鹤草 èryè wǔhècǎo
- Japanese Common Name: ヒメマイヅルソウ [姫舞鶴草] himemaizurusō
- Family: Asparagaceae
- Genus: Maianthemum
- Distribution: Forests, thickets, moist places, hillsides along streams; 500–2700 m. Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, N Xinjiang [Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Russia; Europe, North America].
- Photo: 07/16/2008, Mt. Changbai, Jilin
Plants 8--20(--25) cm tall. Rhizome sometimes forked, to 20 cm × 1--2 mm. Stem sometimes scattered papillose-pubescent. Basal leaf withered at anthesis; petiole to 10 cm. Cauline leaves usually 2, borne distally to apically on stem; petiole 1--2 cm, often papillose-pubescent; leaf blade deltoid-ovate, 3--8(--10) × 1--5(--9) cm, abaxial veins puberulent, base cordate, margin minutely denticulate-papillose or puberulent. Raceme erect, 3--5 cm, 10--25-flowered; rachis papillose-pubescent; bracts minute. Flowers solitary or paired; pedicel ca. 5 mm, slender, articulate apically. Perianth white; segments oblong, 2--2.5 × 1.5--1.8 mm. Stamens 1.6--2.1 mm. Style ca. 1 mm. Berries red at maturity, 3--6 mm in diam. Seeds with yellow testa. Fl. May--Jul, fr. Aug--Sep. 2 n = 28, 30, 36, 42, 54, 88. (Flora of China)
