Polygonatum pubescens

(Willdenow) Pursh

Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 234. 1814.

Common names: Hairy Solomon’s seal sceau-de-Salomon pubescent
IllustratedEndemic
Basionym: Convallaria pubescens Willdenow Hort. Berol. 1: 45. 1803
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 212. Mentioned on page 211.

Rhizomes shallowly set, 1–1.8 cm thick. Stems erect, 5–9(–11) dm; sheathing bract cauline, papery, caducous. Leaves subsessile or short-petiolate, 4–15 × 2–5.5(–7.5) cm; blade elliptic-lanceolate to broadly ovate, glabrous adaxially, minutely hairy or pilose on abaxial veins; prominent veins 3–9. Inflorescences in most leaf axils except distalmost and proximal 2–4; peduncle sharply reflexed, axillary 1–3(–5)-flowered, to 2 cm in fruit. Flowers: perianth yellowish green, tube 10–13(–15) mm, distinct tips 2–3 mm; stamens inserted high in perianth tube; filaments densely warty; pedicel to 1.3 cm in fruit. Berries 6–9 mm. 2n = 20.


Phenology: Flowering early–late spring.
Habitat: Rich moist wooded slopes and coves
Elevation: 0–1100 m

Distribution

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N.B., N.S., Ont., Que., Conn., Del., D.C., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Pa., R.I., Tenn., Vt., Va., W.Va., Wis.

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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Frederick H. Utech +
(Willdenow) Pursh +
Convallaria pubescens +
Hairy Solomon’s seal +  and sceau-de-Salomon pubescent +
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0–1100 m +
Rich moist wooded slopes and coves +
Flowering early–late spring. +
Fl. Amer. Sept. +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
Polygonatum pubescens +
Polygonatum +
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