Polygonatum biflorum - Small Solomon's seal

Small Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum biflorum) is a shade-tolerant woodland perennial of cold semi-arid North American uplands, its young shoots and root eaten as a vegetable and its rhizome used medicinally (the berries, unlike the root, are considered possibly poisonous).

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 3¹
• Hardiness zone 4¹
• Hardiness zone 5¹
• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Full shade¹
• Semi-shade¹
• Moist soil¹

Outputs

• Human food¹
• Medicinal use¹

Type

• Herb
• Perennial

Footnotes

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