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