Polygonatum pubescens

{{Short description|Species of plant in the family Asparagaceae}}

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|image_caption=In bloom

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|image2_caption=Close up of flowers

|genus=Polygonatum

|species=pubescens

|authority=(Willd.) Pursh

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• Convallaria pubescens {{small|Willd.}}
• Polygonatum boreale {{small|Greene}}
• Polygonatum boreale var. australe {{small|Farw.}}
• Polygonatum boreale var. multflorum {{small|Farw.}}
• Polygonatum cuneatum {{small|Greene}}
• Polygonatum farwellii {{small|Bush}}
• Polygonatum multiflorum var. pubescens {{small|(Willd.) Alph.Wood}}
• Polygonatum pubescens subvar. australe {{small|(Farw.) Farw.}}
• Polygonatum pubescens var. australe {{small|(Farw.) R.R.Gates}}
• Polygonatum pubescens var. boreale {{small|(Greene) Farw.}}
• Polygonatum pubescens var. cuneatum {{small|(Greene) Farw.}}
• Polygonatum pubescens f. cuneatum {{small|(Greene) Vict.}}
• Polygonatum pubescens f. fultius {{small|Fernald & S.K.Harris}}
• Polygonatum pubescens var. multiflorum {{small|(Farw.) Farw.}}

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Polygonatum pubescens, the hairy Solomon's seal or downy Solomon's seal, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to the north-central and eastern US and eastern Canada.{{cite POWO |id=540213-1 |title=Polygonatum pubescens (Willd.) Pursh |access-date=31 January 2022 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/hairy-solomons-seal |title=Polygonatum pubescens (Hairy Solomon's Seal) |author= |date=2022 |website=MinnesotaWildflowers.info |publisher=Minnesota Wildflowers |access-date=31 January 2022 }} It is a forest gap specialist.{{cite journal |title=Herbaceous Vegetation Responses to Gap Size within Natural Disturbance-Based Silvicultural Systems in Northeastern Minnesota, USA |year=2019 |last1=Bolton |first1=Nicholas W. |last2=d'Amato |first2=Anthony W. |journal=Forests |volume=10 |issue=2 |page=111 |doi=10.3390/f10020111 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2019Fore...10..111B }}