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Habitat: |
moist woods, thickets and roadsides |
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Plant Height: |
40+ cm tall, erect to arching, single stems from base |
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Flower Color: |
green |
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Flower: |
6 united tepals forming long (1.5+cm long) tube; 6 stamens adnate to corolla tube, opposite tepals; superior ovary |
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Inflorescence: |
drooping axillary clusters of 1-5 (typically 2) flowers having long peduncules |
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Fruit: |
few-seeded berries; deep blue to purple |
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Leaves: |
alternate; sessile; entire; conspicuously parallel-veined; glabrous on both sides |
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Bloom Time: |
May-July |
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Origins: |
native |
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Other: |
leaf scar said to resemble official seal of King Solomon; Native Americans used rhizome as food; also called Smooth Solomon's Seal to distinguish between Hairy Solomon's Seal, P. pubescens |