| Latin name: | Maianthemum canadense Desf. |
| Botanical family: | Liliaceae |
| Growth habit: | Herb |
| Vernacular name(s): | wild lily-of-the-valley, squirrel berry (Eng.)
maïanthème du Canada, petit muguet (Fr.)
sosowipukosak, soskopukwagoh (Cree)
agongosî'mînûn (Ojibwa) |
| Uses: | | • | Used to "keep the kidneys open" during pregnancy, to cure sore throat and headache [Ojibwa: 87]. Tea drunk for headache [Algonquians: 63]. | | • | Leaves : | Cleaned and applied directly on a cut as a bandage or a cooled decoction is used to soak a cut. Poultice used to treat swellings of the limbs [Cree 13]. |
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