Smooth Solomon's Seal

Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum Asparagaceae

Growth habit

Herbaceous

Native distribution

North America, East of Rockies, but not Native to the Finger Lakes Region

Location

Mundy Wildflower Garden, Groundcover Collection

Source of plant

Seneca Hill Perennials

Description

Stems to 2m, erect or arched, slender, glabrous. Leaves to 10cm wide by 16cm long, alternate, sessile, narrow-lanceolate to broadly elliptic, glabrous or minutely puberulent and glaucous beneath. Flowers drooping, solitary or clustered 1-4 per peduncle; perianth 1.1-2.3cm, green-white, terete, tepals 3-4mm; stamens borne about halfway up the tube, filaments filiform, glabrous, occasionally minutely warty. Berries a dusky blue.

USDA Hardiness Zone

3

Status

L3|SNR|GNR