OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Polygonatum pubescens   FAMILY Ruscaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonatum pubescens   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Polygonatum pubescens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)

Polygonatum pubescens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Polygonatum pubescens

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-10-001:

Polygonatum pubescens   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Polygonatum biflorum

 

COMMON NAME:
Downy Solomon’s Seal, Hairy Solomon's Seal


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image of Polygonatum pubescens, Downy Solomon’s Seal, Hairy Solomon's Seal

JK Marlow    jkm120421_187

April    Hendersonvlle County    NC

Holmes Educational Forest

image of Polygonatum pubescens, Downy Solomon’s Seal, Hairy Solomon's Seal

JK Marlow    jkm230428_2864

April    Greenville County    SC

Mountain Bridge Wilderness

image of Polygonatum pubescens, Downy Solomon’s Seal, Hairy Solomon's Seal

JK Marlow    jkm230428_2869

April    Greenville County    SC

Mountain Bridge Wilderness

Flowers 3/8-1/2" long, tubular and with 6 short, pointed, spreading tepal lobes, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).

image of Polygonatum pubescens, Downy Solomon’s Seal, Hairy Solomon's Seal

JK Marlow    jkm230428_2870

April    Greenville County    SC

Mountain Bridge Wilderness

image of Polygonatum pubescens, Downy Solomon’s Seal, Hairy Solomon's Seal

JK Marlow    jkm230428_2871

April    Greenville County    SC

Mountain Bridge Wilderness

Leaves narrowly elliptical to oval, short-petioled, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).

image of Polygonatum pubescens, Downy Solomon’s Seal, Hairy Solomon's Seal

JK Marlow    jkm230428_2875

April    Greenville County    SC

Mountain Bridge Wilderness

Leaves hariess above, with 3-9 finely hariy veins beneath, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).

image of Polygonatum pubescens, Downy Solomon’s Seal, Hairy Solomon's Seal

JK Marlow    jkm230428_2881

April    Greenville County    SC

Mountain Bridge Wilderness

Leaves pubescent on the veins beneath, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Polygonatum pubescens, Downy Solomon’s Seal, Hairy Solomon's Seal

JK Marlow    jkm230428_2884

April    Greenville County    SC

Mountain Bridge Wilderness

image of Polygonatum pubescens, Downy Solomon’s Seal, Hairy Solomon's Seal

JK Marlow    jkm230428_2891

April    Greenville County    SC

Mountain Bridge Wilderness

image of Polygonatum pubescens, Downy Solomon’s Seal, Hairy Solomon's Seal

JK Marlow    jkm100730_237

July    Jackson County    NC

Balsam Mountain Preserve

Berry blue-black, globose, 7-9mm in diameter, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE Solomon's Plume, Solomon's Seal, Twisted Stalk, and two Bellworts

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Polygonatum pubescens   FAMILY Ruscaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonatum pubescens   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Polygonatum pubescens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Polygonatum pubescens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Polygonatum pubescens

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-10-001:
Polygonatum pubescens   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Polygonatum biflorum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1116

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Moist forests, especially cove forests, but also in montane oak forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Mountains of GA & NC (rare in SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Whitish, greenish-cream
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals, almost completely connate
6 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers in drooping axillary clusters

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Blue-black
Berry

 

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