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Angular Solomon's-Seal
Polygonatum odoratum
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Angular Solomon's-Seal is a low woodland plant with arching, angled stems and hanging, greenish-white, tube-shaped flowers. You can spot it on rocky slopes, stony hills and light woods across much of Europe and Asia. Later it carries bluish-black, waxy berries. All parts are poisonous; do not eat.
Did you know?
- Protected in the former Oulu and Lapland provinces.
- The hanging flowers have a light scent.
About the species
Identification
Perennial with a creeping underground stem; shoots 20–40 cm tall. The stem is clearly angled and grooved, often reddish near the base, with leaves crowded along the upper half. Leaves have no stalk, are narrow oval with smooth edges, dark green above and bluish-green beneath. From under each leaf hangs a single, sometimes paired, greenish-white tube-shaped flower, lightly scented. Later, bluish-black, waxy berries form. Similar Solomon’s-seal has several flowers together and a smoother, round stem; lily-of-the-valley has small bell flowers on a separate side stalk. Flowers in Finland in May–June.
Plant group
Herbaceous plants
Habitat
rock
Toxicity
A poisonous plant – do not taste it. Source: HUS Poison Information Centre (Finland), tel. 0800 147 111.
Flowering
May–Jun
About the habitat
Prefers shady to semi-shady places: rocky banks and outcrops, stony slopes and eskers, open slope woods and meadows, and rich, damp woods by streams and fens. Common in southern Finland; scattered from central Finland to southern Lapland; absent from northern Lapland.
Sources
Photo: Celestino Quintela Sabarís, CC BY 4.0 https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/6184788836
Text: Pinkka: Laaja maatalouslajintuntemus 4 op - Koppisiemeniset, CC BY 4.0 https://laji.fi/taxon/MX.39974
Text: Wikipedia (Finnish), CC BY-SA 4.0 https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalliokielo
