Solved: False Solomon Seal, Rose Twisted Stalk

[SwampDonkey]

This spring flower is found on dry rich hardwood sites. It mimics a horticultural variety.







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[Chet]

I got a whole yard of dem dar yellow flowers. Dem's dandelions      

[SwampDonkey]

Yup, but what's the one in focus

[Kedwards]

Looks like False Solomons seal . Buuuuuuuuut I could be wrong.  

[Chet]

OH.......Da utter flower.    Well da udder one looks like what I know as Treacle Berry.

[SwampDonkey]

Kedwards:

Yup , false solomon's seal.

My back yard is full of it where I cleared apple trees and planted hardwoods. I think birds bring in the seed. There is false lilly of the valley growing under my wind break trees (white spruce).

[SwampDonkey]

OK, so what's this one then?

[Kedwards]

I cant tell by the leaf striations or whether it has a toothed leaf pattern, its once pinnated, had a bell shaped flower like a lily of the valley..what region of the US does it grow?

[Tom]

I don't think I've ever seen the plant and I can't find a picture of it or the flower anywhere in my research.  It does look familiar though.  I know I have seen a picture of it somewhere.

[Kedwards]

it reminds me of an ornamental non native more than a wildflower but I can't tell from the phot.

[SwampDonkey]

Leaf vennation is similar to solomon's seal with parallel veins. Flowers are bell-like. Fruit is red when ripe. Its found in the NE and lake states, maybe elsewhere.

[Kedwards]

That helps..I think it is Streptopus amplexifolius or Clasping Twistedstalk. I have only seen it here in NC at the arboreteum. It dont grow here..

[SwampDonkey]

Very close . Its Streptopus roseus

Rose twisted stalk, it has rose colored flowers.

Pertaining to amplexifolius , it has greenish-white flowers and clasping leaves. Found in southern NE and is along the Appalachians and west to Mn. mostly in the mountains and big hills. No wonder you rarely see it if you don't mountain hike.

I know the flowers look white in the photo, but that's because of the poor light. When your in those thickets its almost like the inside of a closet.

[Kedwards]

I LOVE to hike ..I just aint seen that thar wierd flower when I go.  

[SwampDonkey]

Pro'lly doesn't grow that far south in the Appalachians, Northern Va you'll likely see the clasping. Ever been to Mountain Lake or Jefferson NF? Maybe even too dry down there also. Need hills with frequent fog I think.

[Kedwards]

Jefferson NF is gorgeous. I usually go to Mt Rogers and hike all over since it has a rolling topography VERY similiar to the highlands of Scotland(another favorite place) and intersects with AT.