Plant Portrait

Scientific Name:

 Smilacina racemosa (=Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum)

Common Name:

 False Spikenard, False Solomon's Seal

Native/Alien:

 Native

Type:

 Perennial

Blooming Plant

The False Solomon's Seal bloom is at the end of the stalk, rather than a row of blooms dangling beneath.

blooms

Black Mountain, late April 2002
© MB Baumeister

Foliage

foliage

Black Mountain, late April 2002
© MB Baumeister

Budding Plant

in bud

Black Mountain, late April 2002
© MB Baumeister

Blooms

blooms

Black Mountain, late April 2002
© MB Baumeister

Notes:

 Compare with the real Solomon's Seal, Polygonatum biflorum.

Links:

 USDA PLANTS Database Record

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