Polygonatum multiflorum (L.) All.

English: Eurasian Solomon's Seal

German: Vielblütige Weißwurz

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Liliopsida (397)

      Order: Liliales (111)

        Family: Liliaceae (37)(family description)

          Genus: Polygonatum (3)

            Epithet: multiflorum (L.) All. (3)

Synonyms: Convallaria ambigua Schrank, Convallaria bracteata B.Thomas, Convallaria broteroi Guss., Convallaria multiflora L., Polygonatum bracteatum (B.Thomas) G.Don, Polygonatum govanianum Royle, Polygonatum gussonei Parl., Polygonatum intermedium Dumort., Polygonatum salamonis Montandon

ambigua => doubtful, of uncertain relationship

bracteata => having prominent bracts

bracteatum => having prominent bracts

gussonei => in honor of Giovanni Gussone (1787–1866), Italian botanist

intermedium => intermediate, in between, a hybrid

multiflora => many-flowered

multiflorum => many-flowered

salamonis => from the Solomon Islands

Climate: temperate

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: white

Check for Polygonatum multiflorum at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [641] Polygonatum multiflorum - Plants For A Future database

• [30] Lippert,W., Podlech,D. (1994): Wild Flowers of Britain and Europe. HarperCollins, London, UK.
• [17] Rothmaler, W. (1995): Exkursionsflora von Deutschland, Band 3, Gefäßpflanzen: Atlasband. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany.