Hairy, or True, or Twin Flowered Solomon's Seal.

Polygonatum biflorum. Lily Family. Apr.- June.

Found in rich woods. A plant 1 - 3 feet high. New England to Florida, west to Michigan, Minnesota, Kansas and Texas.

Flowers

Greenish white, cylindrical, usually borne in pairs from the leaf angles. Berries blue-black.

Leaves

Finely hairy beneath, set alternately on stem.

Rootstalk jointed, marked with scars of previous years' growths.

Solomon's Seal.

Great Solomon's Seal

P. commutatum. Found in meadows and along river-banks. A plant 2 - 7 feet high, resembles preceding, but leaves smooth throughout, partly clasping and flowers are in clusters of 2 - 8.