Flora
of East-Central Indiana
| Solomon's Seal |
| Scientific Name | Polygonatum biflorum (Walter) Elliott |
| Family Name | Liliaceae (Lily Family) |
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Characteristics |
| Habitat: | moist woods, thickets and roadsides |
| Plant Height: | 40+ cm tall, erect to arching, single stems from base |
| Flower Color: | green |
| Flower: | 6 united tepals forming long (1.5+cm long) tube; 6 stamens adnate to corolla tube, opposite tepals; superior ovary |
| Inflorescence: | drooping axillary clusters of 1-5 (typically 2) flowers having long peduncules |
| Fruit: | few-seeded berries; deep blue to purple |
| Leaves: | alternate; sessile; entire; conspicuously parallel-veined; glabrous on both sides |
| Bloom Time: | May-July |
| Origins: | native |
| Other: | leaf scar said to resemble official seal of King Solomon; Native Americans used rhizome as food; also called Smooth Solomon's Seal to distinguish between Hairy Solomon's Seal, P. pubescens |
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