General:
Perennial herb from a slender rhizome; stems 10-35 cm tall, smooth.

Leaves:
Leaves of flowering stems 1 to 3 (usually 2), alternate, broadly heart- to arrowhead-shaped, distinctly heart-shaped at the base, 5-12 cm long, about as wide, on 2- to 10-cm long stalks, smooth above and beneath, the margins entire, rough short-hairy; basal leaves lacking.

Flowers:
Inflorescence a loose, cylindrical, terminal cluster of several to many spreading flowers; flowers cream to white, wheel-shaped, 5-8 mm across, of 4 similar, distinct tepals, the tepals oblong, blunt, 2- 3 mm long, becoming reflexed; stamens 4, shorter than tepals; pistil 1, 2-chambered.

Fruits:
Berries, globe-shaped, spotted, red, 5-6 mm wide; seeds 1 to 4.

Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

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Illustration Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Maianthemum bifolium subsp. kamtschaticum (J.F. Gmel. ex Cham.) E. Murray
Maianthemum bifolium var. kamtschaticum (J.F. Gmel. ex Cham.) Trautv. & C.A. Mey.
Maianthemum kamtschaticum (J.F. Gmel. ex Cham.) Nakai