Family:
Liliaceae
Common Name(s):
Solomon's seal
Flowering Time:
May to June
Fruit/Seed Maturation Sign:
Berries turn purple
Fruit/Seed Collection Dates:
August
Seed Cleaning:
Remove seeds from pulp
Storage:
Intolerant of dry storage (Cullina 2000)
Restoration Potential:
Medium
Notes
Roots can easily be divided (Cullina 2000); rhizome knotty, stout and thick (Fernald 1950; Gleason and Cronquist 2003), forming shoots at each (Sperka 1973).
Seed output low (Gleason and Cronquist 2003).
Polygonatum canaliculatum is a tretraploid (2n=40) of the diploid P. biflorum (2n=20).
