Polygonatum pubescens

ClassificationMonocots
FamilyRuscaceae
Family (Traditional)Liliaceae
GenusPolygonatum
Species:Polygonatum pubescens (Willd.) Pursh
Common NameHairy Solomons Seal
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: BFM; Natural Area Presence: BISO; Natural Area Presence: FCFSP; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LGS; Natural Area Presence: ObedWSR; Natural Area Presence: SGSNA; Natural Area Presence: UCR; Natural Area Presence: WOLF; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: sessile; Leaf Petiole Type: subsessile; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: parallel; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Basifixed; Base Flower Color: Yellow; Carpel Number/Pistil: 3; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Berry; Fruit Wet/Dry: Wet; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: axillary; Inflorescence Types: raceme; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: Yes; Petal Number: 3; Pistil Complexity: Compound; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Axillary; Sepal Fusion: Yes; Sepal Number: 3; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 6; Tepal Fusion: Yes; Tepal Number: 6
C value 7
StatusNative; AGCP (FACU), EMP (FACU) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[S5] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
Specimen(s) View and Download Specimen Details »

** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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  • Counties
  • Counties - Species Present
Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

SynonymFull Citation
Polygonatum pubescens f. fultius Polygonatum pubescens f. fultius Fernald & S.K.Harris

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Anderson (KY), Bell (KY), Boyle (KY), Breathitt (KY), Carter (KY), Casey (KY), Clark (KY), Clinton (KY), Edmonson (KY), Elliott (KY), Estill (KY), Fayette (KY), Floyd (KY), Franklin (KY), Garrard (KY), Greenup (KY), Hardin (KY), Harlan (KY), Hart (KY), Jackson (KY), Jefferson (KY), Jessamine (KY), Knott (KY), Laurel (KY), Lee (KY), Lewis (KY), Lincoln (KY), McCreary (KY), Madison (KY), Menifee (KY), Monroe (KY), Morgan (KY), Oldham (KY), Owsley (KY), Perry (KY), Powell (KY), Rockcastle (KY), Trimble (KY), Wayne (KY), Wolfe (KY), Woodford (KY), Anderson (TN), Campbell (TN), Cannon (TN), Carter (TN), Claiborne (TN), Clay (TN), Cocke (TN), Coffee (TN), Cumberland (TN), DeKalb (TN), Fentress (TN), Franklin (TN), Greene (TN), Grundy (TN), Hamblen (TN), Hancock (TN), Hawkins (TN), Jackson (TN), Knox (TN), Marion (TN), Monroe (TN), Morgan (TN), Overton (TN), Pickett (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Rhea (TN), Scott (TN), Sevier (TN), Smith (TN), Sullivan (TN), Unicoi (TN), Van Buren (TN), Warren (TN), White (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, BOON, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, KNK, MDKY, MTSU, TENN, UCHT, UOS

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1945 - 2019

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100165669 Jessamine Kentucky 05 May 1978 Johnnie B. Varner
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100165917 Woodford Kentucky 04 Oct 1963 Elizabeth M. Browne
8091
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100165982 Morgan Kentucky 06 Jun 1979 Richard H. Hannan
2121
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100165693 Jessamine Kentucky Evelyn Marie Raul
73
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100165891 Smith Tennessee 30 Apr 1971 Robert Kral
42243
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100166154 Jackson Kentucky 22 Mar 1986 Joe Abner
89
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100166014 Madison Kentucky 08 Jun 1981 Richard H. Hannan
6854
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100166204 Lee Kentucky 27 Apr 1996 Chris T. Kirk
32
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100165867 Breathitt Kentucky 08 Aug 1963 Elizabeth M. Browne
7981
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100165941 Rockcastle Kentucky 23 Jun 1983 Donna A. Godbey
289
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100166022 Madison Kentucky 30 Apr 1968 Hiram Slawter
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100854890 Menifee Kentucky 24 Apr 1989 Ross C. Clark
22193
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
BEREA008489 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Polygonatum pubescens
BEREA008492 Monroe Kentucky
BEREA
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100165974 Oldham Kentucky 11 May 1981 Richard H. Hannan
6331
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100439965 Boyle Kentucky 15 Apr 1977 David Nance
19
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100165909 Woodford Kentucky 02 May 1964 Elizabeth M. Browne
8282
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100165784 Fayette Kentucky 27 Apr 1968 P. Byrley
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100165966 Owsley Kentucky 28 Jun 1979 Richard H. Hannan
2737
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100166006 Menifee Kentucky 19 Jun 1979 Richard H. Hannan
2367
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100165727 Elliott Kentucky 05 Apr 2012 M. Greene
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100165677 Lincoln Kentucky 25 Jun 1981 Richard H. Hannan
7400
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100165800 Elliott Kentucky 08 Jun 1979 Richard H. Hannan
2199
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100166238 Powell Kentucky 21 Apr 1998 Chris Peters
4
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100165750 Harlan Kentucky 07 May 1961 Elizabeth M. Browne
4079
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 17 Apr 2010 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Polygonatum pubescens
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 14 Apr 2011 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Polygonatum pubescens
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 12 May 2009 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100166139 Estill Kentucky 13 May 1987 Richard G. Guetig
58
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100165925 Wolfe Kentucky 13 Jul 1979 Richard H. Hannan
2980
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100166162 Jessamine Kentucky 27 Apr 1996 Timothy J. Weckman
2440
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100045101 Clinton Kentucky 24 Apr 1999 Mark A. Gorton
99-134
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100165826 Edmonson Kentucky 10 Sep 1980 Richard H. Hannan
5493
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100165958 Perry Kentucky 12 Jun 1979 Richard H. Hannan
2207
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100176179 Kentucky Rod Maus
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100166253 Rockcastle Kentucky 17 Apr 1976 Gary Huston
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100854882 Menifee Kentucky 21 Jun 1987 A. Rentas
115
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100165768 Floyd Kentucky 20 Jun 1979 Richard H. Hannan
2403
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100165743 Harlan Kentucky 23 Aug 1996 Ronald L. Jones
7929
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100166030 Madison Kentucky 21 Apr 1977 Jeffrey D. Sole
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100166246 Rockcastle Kentucky 26 Apr 1998 Jesse J. Coates
38
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31973000009318 Lewis Kentucky
KNK
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100045119 Harlan Kentucky 08 May 1993 Bryce D. Fields
217
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100166121 Estill Kentucky 13 May 1987 Richard G. Guetig
58
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100166196 Laurel Kentucky 21 Apr 1985 Ralph L. Thompson
85-39
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100165735 Hart Kentucky 22 Apr 1980 Richard H. Hannan
3443
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100165818 Elliott Kentucky 05 Apr 2012 M. Greene
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100165842 Carter Kentucky 25 Apr 1965 Elizabeth M. Browne
9850
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 21 May 2011 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Polygonatum pubescens
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 11 Jun 2010 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Polygonatum pubescens
MDKY00005950 McCreary Kentucky
MDKY
Polygonatum pubescens
MDKY00005953 Carter Kentucky
MDKY
Polygonatum pubescens
TENN-V-0068260 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Polygonatum pubescens
TENN-V-0068373 Franklin Kentucky
TENN
Polygonatum pubescens
TENN-V-0068371 Madison Kentucky
TENN
Polygonatum pubescens
TENN-V-0068366 Carter Kentucky
TENN
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100165792 Fayette Kentucky 26 Apr 1961 Elizabeth M. Browne
2994
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100166048 Madison Kentucky 05 May 1978 J. Stuart Lassetter
2780
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100165933 Wayne Kentucky 25 Apr 1996 Timothy J. Weckman
2390
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100165875 Bell Kentucky 19 Sep 1978 Richard H. Hannan
005-00193
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100166055 Kentucky 03 May 1968 Skip Call
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100166113 Clark Kentucky 24 Apr 1994 L. A. Lisle
27
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
BEREA008488 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Polygonatum pubescens
ETSU006915 Unicoi Tennessee 03 Jul 2009 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Polygonatum pubescens
TENN-V-0068255 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Polygonatum pubescens
TENN-V-0068281 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Polygonatum pubescens
TENN-V-0068263 Greene Tennessee
TENN
Polygonatum pubescens
TENN-V-0068280 Sullivan Tennessee
TENN
Polygonatum pubescens
TENN-V-0068251 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Polygonatum pubescens
TENN-V-0068271 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100044948 Fayette Kentucky 01 Jan 1997 Danny Husband
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100165701 Jessamine Kentucky 17 Jun 1961 Elizabeth M. Browne
4223
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100165859 Breathitt Kentucky 27 Jun 1979 Richard H. Hannan
2683
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100165719 Jessamine Kentucky 28 Apr 1961 Elizabeth M. Browne
3026
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100165990 Morgan Kentucky 06 Jun 1979 Richard H. Hannan
2093
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
BEREA008493 Rockcastle Kentucky
BEREA
Polygonatum pubescens
BEREA008491 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Polygonatum pubescens
BEREA008490 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Polygonatum pubescens
N/A Carter Tennessee 22 Apr 2012 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Polygonatum pubescens
TENN-V-0068262 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Polygonatum pubescens
TENN-V-0068279 Sullivan Tennessee
TENN
Polygonatum pubescens
TENN-V-0068264 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Polygonatum pubescens
TENN-V-0068256 Claiborne Tennessee
TENN
Polygonatum pubescens
UCHT006762 Tennessee
UCHT
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100165834 Casey Kentucky 13 May 1961 Elizabeth M. Browne
4104
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100166188 Knott Kentucky 19 Apr 1997 Joel Beverly
15
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100166170 Knott Kentucky Timothy J. Weckman
2993
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100165776 Fayette Kentucky 27 Apr 1968 C. Haynes
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100166220 McCreary Kentucky 22 Apr 2000 Kara Beth Haynes
1
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100165883 Anderson Kentucky 27 May 1978 William S. Bryant
560
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
BEREA008494 Rockcastle Kentucky
BEREA
Polygonatum pubescens
N/A Carter Tennessee 28 Apr 2012 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Polygonatum pubescens
TENN-V-0068261 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Polygonatum pubescens
TENN-V-0068364 Breathitt Kentucky
TENN
Polygonatum pubescens
TENN-V-0068272 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Polygonatum pubescens
TENN-V-0068369 Jessamine Kentucky
TENN
Polygonatum pubescens
TENN-V-0068370 Jessamine Kentucky
TENN
Polygonatum pubescens
APSC0093106 Wolfe Kentucky
APSC
Polygonatum pubescens
MDKY00005952 McCreary Kentucky
MDKY
Polygonatum pubescens
TENN-V-0068372 Woodford Kentucky
TENN
Polygonatum pubescens
TENN-V-0068254 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Polygonatum pubescens
TENN-V-0068252 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Polygonatum pubescens
TENN-V-0068250 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Polygonatum pubescens
TENN-V-0068258 Clay Tennessee
TENN
Polygonatum pubescens
TENN-V-0068282 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Polygonatum pubescens
TENN-V-0068270 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Polygonatum pubescens
UCHT006758 White Tennessee
UCHT
Polygonatum pubescens
APSC0031454 Scott Tennessee
APSC
Polygonatum pubescens
APSC0073902 Jackson Kentucky
APSC
Polygonatum pubescens
APSC0093105 Jefferson Kentucky 07 Jul 1945 P.A. Davies
APSC
Polygonatum pubescens
HTTU002232 Van Buren Tennessee
HTTU
Polygonatum pubescens
HTTU002231 White Tennessee
HTTU
Polygonatum pubescens
MTSU002055 Coffee Tennessee 18 Apr 1986 Dwayne Estes
32
MTSU
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100166212 Lincoln Kentucky 16 Apr 2007 Eric Comley
15
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100165685 Lee Kentucky 17 Jul 1979 Richard H. Hannan
3036
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
31234100166147 Franklin Kentucky 21 Apr 1990 Ronald L. Jones
6264
EKY
Polygonatum pubescens
MDKY00003094 Carter Kentucky
MDKY
Polygonatum pubescens
TENN-V-0068266 Hancock Tennessee
TENN
Polygonatum pubescens
TENN-V-0068257 Clay Tennessee
TENN
Polygonatum pubescens
TENN-V-0068367 Hardin Kentucky
TENN
Polygonatum pubescens
TENN-V-0068365 Carter Kentucky
TENN
Polygonatum pubescens
TENN-V-0068259 Cocke Tennessee
TENN
Polygonatum pubescens
APSC0093107 Wolfe Kentucky
APSC
Polygonatum pubescens
APSC0093104 Fayette Kentucky 18 Jun 1955 Mary Wharton
APSC
Polygonatum pubescens
HTTU002224 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Polygonatum pubescens
MTSU002056 Scott Tennessee 26 Apr 1997 Aaron Roberts
39
MTSU
Polygonatum pubescens
UOS08325 Van Buren Tennessee 17 May 2001 Chris A. Fleming
UOS
Polygonatum pubescens
MDKY00005954 Menifee Kentucky
MDKY
Polygonatum pubescens
MDKY00005951 Menifee Kentucky
MDKY
Polygonatum pubescens
TENN-V-0068248 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Polygonatum pubescens
TENN-V-0068368 Jessamine Kentucky
TENN
Polygonatum pubescens
TENN-V-0068265 Hamblen Tennessee
TENN
Polygonatum pubescens
TENN-V-0068249 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Polygonatum pubescens
TENN-V-0068268 Jackson Tennessee
TENN
Polygonatum pubescens
TENN-V-0068267 Hawkins Tennessee
TENN
Polygonatum pubescens
TENN-V-0068269 Jackson Tennessee
TENN
Polygonatum pubescens
UCHT006759 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Polygonatum pubescens
APSC0008840 Rhea Tennessee 05 Apr 2012 M. Rienhart
APSC
Polygonatum pubescens
HTTU002230 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Polygonatum pubescens
HTTU002225 Scott Tennessee
HTTU
Polygonatum pubescens
HTTU002219 Overton Tennessee
HTTU
Polygonatum pubescens
ETSU025964 Hawkins Tennessee 17 Apr 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
19127
ETSU
Polygonatum pubescens
HTTU002221 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Polygonatum pubescens
HTTU002222 Warren Tennessee
HTTU
Polygonatum pubescens
HTTU002227 Scott Tennessee
HTTU
Polygonatum pubescens
TENN-V-0068274 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Polygonatum pubescens
TENN-V-0068275 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Polygonatum pubescens
TENN-V-0068278 Sullivan Tennessee
TENN
Polygonatum pubescens
TENN-V-0068253 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Polygonatum pubescens
TENN-V-0068283 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Polygonatum pubescens
TENN-V-0068277 Sullivan Tennessee
TENN
Polygonatum pubescens
UCHT006761 Jackson Tennessee
UCHT
Polygonatum pubescens
APSC0095724 Garrard Kentucky
APSC
Polygonatum pubescens
APSC0101426 Jackson Tennessee
APSC
Polygonatum pubescens
APSC0065069 Harlan Kentucky
APSC
Polygonatum pubescens
APSC0031453 Carter Kentucky
APSC
Polygonatum pubescens
HTTU002223 Tennessee
HTTU
Polygonatum pubescens
MTSU016236 Cannon Tennessee 21 Apr 2007 Melissa Shelby
MTSU
Polygonatum pubescens
TENN-V-0068273 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Polygonatum pubescens
TENN-V-0068276 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Polygonatum pubescens
APSC0073718 Greenup Kentucky
APSC
Polygonatum pubescens
HTTU014493 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Polygonatum pubescens
HTTU002226 Scott Tennessee
HTTU
Polygonatum pubescens
mtsu002058 Cannon Tennessee 15 Apr 1980 Landon E. McKinney
072
MTSU
Polygonatum pubescens
ETSU030216 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Polygonatum pubescens
ETSU030215 Sullivan Tennessee
ETSU
Polygonatum pubescens
ETSU033871 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Polygonatum pubescens
APSC0093103 Hardin Kentucky
APSC
Polygonatum pubescens
HTTU002229 Tennessee
HTTU
Polygonatum pubescens
HTTU002220 Tennessee
HTTU
Polygonatum pubescens
HTTU008593 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Polygonatum pubescens
HTTU002228 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Polygonatum pubescens
N/A Hawkins Tennessee 17 Apr 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
ETSU
Polygonatum pubescens
010079 Van Buren Tennessee 17 May 2001 Chris A. Fleming
FCF-356
BOON
Polygonatum pubescens
APSC0085561 Pickett Tennessee
APSC
Polygonatum pubescens
APSC0068969 Trimble Kentucky
APSC
Polygonatum pubescens
HTTU002233 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Polygonatum pubescens
MTSU002057 Morgan Tennessee 16 Apr 1988 Duane Douglas Yeary
78
MTSU
Polygonatum pubescens
ETSU030217 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Polygonatum pubescens
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