---

Return

SOLOMON'S SEAL

NOMENCLATURE

Other Names:

Scientific Name: Polygonatum biflorum (Walt.) Ell.

 Plant Family: Liliaceae

GENERAL INFORMATION

Botanical Description: herbaceous

 Stems: unbranched, slender, arching, reaching 12 - 36 inches high

 Leaves: alternate, lance-shaped, clasping the stem, 2 to 4 inches long and 0.5 to 1.5 inches wide, smooth on top, paler and softly hairy underneath, with a prominent midvein

 Roots: stoloniferous

 Flowers: six-lobed, greenish white bells hanging in pairs from beneath stem near leaf axils, bloom May - July; fruit dark blue to black

 Seeds: found in dark bluish black fruit

 Seedling:

ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE

LIFE CYCLE

Reproduction: perennial

 Propagation: underground stolons

 Dispersal:

DISTRIBUTION

State: More common in northern Wisconsin.

 National: Found in moist woods and thickets northward from Connecticut to Wisconsin, south from Florida to Mississippi.

 Origin:

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS

Often found in moist woods and wetlands.

SCOUTING PROCEDURE/ET

While scouting a cranberry bed for disease and insect pests, identify weed populations as they arise. Note the specie(s) of weed present as well as the population level relative to field area. Example: 20% solomonOs seal, 20% boneset and joe-pye weed mix.

REFERENCES

Gleason, H. A. 1952. Illustrated Flora of the United States and Adjacent Canada. Vol. 1. Lancaster Press, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. p. 430-431.

 

Kummer, L. D., T. G. Dittl, and T. D. Planer. 1993. Wisconsin Cranberry Weeds. Wisconsin Cranberry Board, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. p. 5.

Return