Solomon's_Seal_ID.htm
I could tell that it was not Feathery False Solomon‘s Seal (Maianthemum racemosum) because the leaves do not grow off of little black buds and there were not flowers or fruit at the end of the stalks. It looked similar to Rose-Twisted Stalk (Streptopus lanceolatus) (from the above-mentioned web page), but instead of fruit beneath the leaves it had that green pod. It was not the Large-Flowered Bellwort from the above-mentioned web page, but I checked and realized that Sessile Bellwort (Wild Oats) grows in New Hampshire. It has the exact green pod that grows below this plant! One of the confusing aspects is that the younger Sessile Bellwort (Wild Oats) does not look like the pictures to the right or below because the leaves droop significantly until after the plant flowers and then the leaves stiffen up to look more like Solomon‘s Seal.
The leaves are usually 1-1/2 to 3 inches long growing on a stem that is not straight. The leaves are light green above and slightly whitish below. The leaf veins are parallel. As mentioned above, the stem forks into two Solomon‘s Seal-like arching stems. Flowers (not shown) are narrow, bell-shaped and hang beneath the leaves. After flowering a green, somewhat round, somewhat triangular pod hangs beneath the leaves. Inside the pod are tiny round white seeds.
