// SPECIES PROFILE · PERENNIAL · NATIVE
Solomon's Seal
Polygonatum biflorum
Solomon's seal sends up gracefully arching 2–4 ft stalks of paired oval leaves with small white bell flowers dangling beneath them in spring, ripening into blue-black berries. Spreads slowly by jointed rhizomes (the 'seal' marks of fallen stems give it its name) to form polite woodland colonies.
// QUICK FACTS
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Group
- perennial
- Native range
- E. North America incl. eastern OK rich woods
- USDA hardiness
- Zones 3–8
- Mature size
- 2–4 ft
- Sun
- Part to full shade
- Water
- Moist · woodland
- Wildlife value
- Bumblebee-pollinated; thrushes eat berries
- Ecological role
- arching woodland stalks · pendant white bells
