Common Solomon's Seal

Polygonatum multiflorum Asparagaceae

Growth habit

Herbaceous

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

Europe, Asia

Location

Groundcover Collection

Source of plant

Naylor Creek Nursery

Description

Stem to 90cm terete, arched, glabrous. Leaves 5-15cm, alternate, elliptic-oblong to ovate, amplexicaul, glabrous beneath; petioles very short. Flowers white, drooping, borne on peduncles of 2-5; perianth 9mm-2cm, constricted in the middle, with green tip; stamens borne near mouth of tube, filaments sparsely puberulent.

USDA Hardiness Zone

4