Garden Solomon's-seal - Polygonatum x hybridum
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Species Description
Polygonatum multiflorum x P. odoratum = P. x hybridum.
Stace 4:
Polygonatum x hybridum Brügger (P. multiflorum x P. odoratum) - Garden Solomon's-seal.
Stems erect, then arching, to 1m, ridged to slightly angled; flowers 1-6 per leaf-axil, 15-22(25) x 3-6mm, slightly contracted in middle; berry rarely produced; (2n=19, 28). Native in North Wiltshire in woods with both parents; much grown in gardens (by far the commonest taxon), naturalised in woods, scrub and rough ground; scattered over British Isles.
Key:
- Leaves elliptic, all alternate
- Perianths slightly contracted in middle; filaments sparsely hairy; flowers 1-6 per leaf-axil
- Perianths 15-22(25) x 3-6mm; stems ridged to slightly angled