Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Polygonatum pubescens
FAMILY
Ruscaceae
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Learn more about Polygonatum from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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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JK Marlow jkm120421_187
April Hendersonvlle County NC
Holmes Educational Forest
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JK Marlow jkm230428_2864
April Greenville County SC
Mountain Bridge Wilderness
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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).
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JK Marlow jkm230428_2870
April Greenville County SC
Mountain Bridge Wilderness
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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).
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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).
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JK Marlow jkm230428_2881
April Greenville County SC
Mountain Bridge Wilderness
Leaves pubescent on the veins beneath, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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JK Marlow jkm230428_2884
April Greenville County SC
Mountain Bridge Wilderness
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JK Marlow jkm230428_2891
April Greenville County SC
Mountain Bridge Wilderness
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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).
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
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)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p161
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p342
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p271
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p166
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p366
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p366
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p421
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p007
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