| Scientific Name: | Polygonatum biflorum |
| Common Name: | Solomon's seal |
| Family Name: | Asparagaceae |
| Origin: | Canada - central, Canada - eastern, U.S. - northeast |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Upright |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Perennial border, Rock garden, Spring interest, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade, Deep shade |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Sessile, Parallel venation, Glabrous, Elliptic, Oblanceolate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Flowers clustered, White, Green, May-Jun-Jul |
| Fruit: | Berry (true), Black, Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Rhizomes 1-3cm thick, stems erect to arching, most 50-120cm tall; leaves alternate, sessile and often clasping, most lanceolate 9–20cm long x 3–9cm wide, glabrous; flowers 2-7 per leaf axil, 6 tepals, most tubular, most 1.5-2cm long; berries blue-black, 8-12mm long. | |