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Pure White Buds This photo taken near a local fresh water pond. Can't really nail the correct species but they are growing wild. Polygonatum biflorum,Pure White Buds,Smooth Solomon's seal Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Pure White Buds

This photo taken near a local fresh water pond. Can't really nail the correct species but they are growing wild.

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  1. View morpheme's profile
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    It's likely that it is Streptopus amplexifolius, though if it has escaped from a garden it could be a hybrid variety. Are you on the east coast? There's one other variety of Streptopus there, but the flowers become pink. https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/species/streptopus/amplexifolius/ Posted 10 years ago, modified 10 years ago
    1. View WildFlower's profile
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      I'm not sure it is this one - Streptopus amplexifolius has single flowers while here we have a few per node. Posted 10 years ago
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        morpheme
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        I get the feeling there may be many hybrid garden varieties - it really doesn't look exactly like any of the wild ones, so I suspect it may be an escapee. Posted 10 years ago
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          The leaves are very different too. It looks like a Polygonatum biflorum.
          http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=POBI2           Posted 10 years ago
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    Leave it to me to come up with a mystery species! I am sending a photo to the Biology Department at Dartmouth College for review. Posted 10 years ago

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The Smooth Solomon's seal

Polygonatum biflorum (smooth Solomon's-seal, great Solomon's-seal, Solomon's seal). The plant is said to possess scars on the rhizome that resemble the ancient Hebrew seal of King Solomon. This is a species of the genus Polygonatum native to eastern and central North America. It is often confused with Solomon's Plume which has upright flowers.

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Similar species: Agaves, Aloes, Onions
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Uploaded May 22, 2015. Captured May 21, 2015 15:52.
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  • Canon EOS 20D
  • f/5.6
  • 1/100s
  • ISO100
  • 75mm