smooth Solomon’s seal

Polygonatum biflorum (smooth Solomon’s seal) is a spring flower that has clusters of small greenish-white tubular flowers hanging from the stalks and later produces small blue berries.

Native Americans consumed the starch-rich rhizomes of smooth Solomon’s seal as a “potato-like food” used to make soups and bread. The young shoots are also edible, raw or boiled for an asparagus-like food.