Plant Portrait

Scientific Name:

 Polygonatum biflorum

Common Name:

 Solomon's Seal

Native/Alien:

 Native

Type:

 Perennial

Light:

 Shade

Soil Moisture:

 Mesic (*)

Budding Plant

solomon's seal in bud

near a creek, Black Mountain, late April 2002
© MB Baumeister

Plant

The same plant shown from above, behind, in a bed of Yellow-root.

solomon's seal from above

near a creek, Black Mountain, late April 2002
© MB Baumeister

Blooming Plant

solomon's seal

Tom Harville's garden, Raleigh
© Tom Harville

Notes:

 Not to be confused with the False Solomon's Seal, Smilacina racemosa.

Links:

 USDA PLANTS Database Record

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