Solomon's Seal
Polygonatum multiflorum (L.) All.
- light
- Any light
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 75 cm
- wide
- 30 cm
Asparagaceae
Also called Common Solomon’s-seal, David’s-harp, Eurasian Solomon's seal, Eurasian Solomon’s Seal, Ladder-to-heaven
Formerly Convallaria ambigua, Convallaria multiflora, Polygonatum bracteatum, Polygonatum intermedium, and 1 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Rhizomatous geophyteKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Europe to N. IranKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Sun or shadeRead from RHS, one source
- Height
- 51 cm to 99 cmRead from RHS, one source
- Spread
- 10 cm to 51 cmRead from RHS, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from RHS, one source
- Flowers
- White, greenRead from RHS, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -20 °C (USDA zone 6b)Read from RHS, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Spanish
- poligonato, sello de Salomón, suelda blanca
- Arabic
- عقداء عديدة الأزهار
- Czech
- kokořík mnohokvětý
- Welsh
- llysiau Solomon
- Danish
- Stor Konval
- German
- Vielblütige Weißwurz, Vielblütiges Salomonssiegel, Wald-Salomonssiegel
- Swiss High German
- Vielblütige Weisswurz
- Finnish
- lehtokielo
- French
- sceau de salomon commun, Sceau de Salomon multiflore
- Upper Sorbian
- Kwětkata kokorička
- Hungarian
- Fürtös salamonpecsét
- Lithuanian
- Daugiažiedė baltašaknė
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- RHS, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Polygonatum multiflorum (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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