The less common polygonatum odoratum may be distinguished from polygonatum multiflorum by its longer flowers, not narrowed in the middle, and by its angled rather than rounded stems.
Common name:
Common solomon's-seal
Family:
Scientific name:
Polygonatum multiflorum
Main flower color:
Range:
Mainly in central and southern England
Height:
Up to 80 cm
Habitat:
Dry woodland, usually on limestone or chalk soils
Flowers:
In pendent clusters of one to four (usually two or three), at the leaf nodes. Corollas are greenish-white, narrowly bell-shaped with a slight constriction in the middle, and six small lobes at the tip, often opening only slightly. Stamen filaments are finely hairy
Fruit:
Bluish-black berries
Leaves:
Glabrous, alternate, broadly ovate with prominent parallel veins, up to 12 cm long; on rounded stems
Season:
May to June
Rarity:
★★★★★
