Angular Solomon's Seal
Polygonatum odoratum (Mill.) Druce
- light
- Shade
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 75 cm
- wide
- 30 cm
Asparagaceae
Also called Scented Solomon’s-seal
Formerly Convallaria odorata
When it flowers
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Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNo safety information yet
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Rhizomatous subshrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Europe to JapanKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Shade (under 3 h)Read from RHS and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: RHS full, part, shade; Wikipedia shade
- Height
- 51 cm to 99 cmRead from RHS, one source
- Spread
- 30 cmRead from RHS and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: RHS 0.1–0.5 m; Wikipedia 30–30 cm
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from RHS and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Flowers
- GreenRead from RHS and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: RHS cream, green; Wikipedia green, white
- Coldest it survives
- -20 °C (USDA zone 6b)Read from RHS, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Slovak
- kokorík voňavý
- Swedish
- Getrams
- Turkish
- Kokulu mührüsüleyman
- Ukrainian
- Купина лікарська
- Vietnamese
- Ngọc trúc
- Chinese
- 丟竹（萎蕤、$玉竹）, 欧玉竹, 玉竹
- Simplified Chinese
- 地管子, 尾参, 玉竹
- Traditional Chinese
- 玉竹
- Chinese (Taiwan)
- 玉竹
- Arabic
- عقداء عطرية
- Asturian
- sellu de salomón
- Azerbaijani
- Ətirli toyçiçəyi
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
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Polygonatum odoratum (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.