• Scientific Name: Maianthemum japonicum (A. Gray) LaFrankie
• Ref: Taxon. 35: 588. 1986
• Synonyms: Smilacina hirta Maxim., S. japonica A.Gray, S. japonica subsp. hirta (Maxim.) Vorosch., S. japonica var. lutecarpa Y.N.Lee, S. japonica f. trinervis (Miyabe & Kudô) Koji Ito, S. rossii (Baker) Maxim., S. trinervis Miyabe & Kudô, Tovaria japonica (A.Gray) Baker, T. rossii Baker, Vagnera japonica (A.Gray) Makino
• Chinese Common Name: 鹿药 lùyào
• Japanese Common Name: ユキザサ [雪笹] yukizasa
• Family: Asparagaceae
• Genus: Maianthemum
• Distribution: Forests, moist and shaded places, cliffs; 900–2000 m. Anhui, ?Fujian, Gansu, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang [Japan, Korea, Russia].
• Photo:05/08/2011,Qingliangfeng,Zhejiang

 Plants 30--60 cm tall. Rhizome creeping, subterete or submoniliform, 7--10 mm thick. Stem strigose distally. Leaves 4--9, shortly petiolate; leaf blade ovate-elliptic, elliptic, or oblong, 6--15 × 3--7 cm, both surfaces laxly pubescent or glabrescent. Inflorescence paniculate, with 3--5 branches, 3--6 cm, 10--25-flowered; rachis pubescent. Flowers solitary; pedicel 2--6 mm, pubescent. Perianth white; segments free or slightly connate at base, oblong or oblong-obovate, ca. 3 × 1.5 mm. Filaments filiform, 2--2.5 mm; anthers small. Style 0.5--1 mm, subequaling ovary; stigma subentire. Berries red at maturity, 5--6 mm in diam., 1- or 2-seeded. Fl. May--Jun, fr. Aug--Sep. 2 n = 36*.(Flora of China)