{"id":15554,"date":"2023-08-10T06:41:14","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T06:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mustila.fi\/kasvit\/smilacina_racemosa_false_solomon_s_seal_treacleberry\/"},"modified":"2024-02-27T22:57:19","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T22:57:19","slug":"smilacinaracemosa","status":"publish","type":"kasvit","link":"https:\/\/mustila.fi\/en\/plants\/smilacinaracemosa\/","title":{"rendered":"Smilacina racemosa – false Solomon’s seal (treacleberry)"},"content":{"rendered":"
The North American False Solomon\u2019s seal resembles at first sight our native Angular Solomon\u2019s seal (Polygonatum odoratum<\/em>) and Solomon\u2019s seal (Polygonatum multiflorum<\/em>). The flowers of the false Solomon\u2019s seal are not, however, in the leaf axils but burst into bloom at the ends of high, gracefully arching stems in June. By autumn they are replaced by bad-tasting, poisonous berries, each of which contains one large seed. As the berries turn red, the leaves develop a beautiful yellow autumn colour. Later in the autumn the yellow leaves turn brown and the shoots turn downwards to the ground. If the berries are not picked or if the ground is not turned over, small seedlings will be found later on near the False Solomon\u2019s seal stand. The seeds usually germinate only in their second spring.<\/p>\n

The false Solomon\u2019s seal forms lush stands and is nowadays grouped in the same family as the Suomi native false lily of the valley (May lily, Maianthemum bifolium<\/em>). The latter is much smaller and does not much resemble the false Solomon\u2019s seal. In the Mustila Arboretum both species may be found in the Macedonian pine (Pinus peuce<\/em>) stand beneath the Terassi (Terrace).<\/p>\n