Interesting bit of folklore.

Too bad its only partially true.

So how can you explain away Heteropolygonatum with both terminal and
axillary flowers?


"M. Tiefert" wrote in message
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On 12 Jul 2004 13:53:29 GMT, Iris Cohen wrote:

False Solomon's seal, Smilacina stellata. I don't think they are edible.
It is
a very common woodland plant.

And the mnemonic for telling false Solomon's seal from Solomon's seal is
that the real King Solomon signed each letter individually, but the false
one waited till he got to the end and signed all of them at once. (False
Solomon's seal has flowers/fruit at the end of the plant, the "true" kind
has a flower/fruit at each leaf.)

cheers,

Marj
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