Hairy Solomon's Seal

(Polygonatum pubescens)

 

   

 

Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition.

 

Hairy Solomon's Seal (Polygonatum pubescens (Willd. Pursh)

Identification: Flowers green to green-cream white, arising from the leaf axils and hanging downwards in groups of one to three. Flowers tubular, opening at the apex. Berries blue-black. Leaves alternative, ovate-elongate, and with hair along the veins on the lower side of the leaf. Plant 1 to 3 feet in height.

Distribution: Southeastern Canada and southward to Iowa in the west and Georgia in the east.

Habitat: Hairy Solomon's Seal is found in woods and thickets.

Flowering period: May to June.

Similar Species: Hairy Solomon's Seal is nearly identical to Solomon's Seal. However the veins on the underside of the leaf are hairy in Hairy Solomon's Seal, but lack hair in Solomon's Seal.

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