False Solomon's Seal

Description:

Smilacina racemosa, also known as False Solomon's Seal, is in the lily family. It is a perennial with broad elliptical leaves with creamy white clusters of perfumed flowers. The fruit of False Solomon's Seal are small red berries.

Habitat:

False Solomon's Seal is a lily growing in moist forests, streambanks, meadows, and clearings; it is wide spread at low subalpine elevations.

Notes:

The berries are edible, but not particularly palatable. The roots were boiled as tea and used medicinally by the Gitskan for rheumatism, sore back, kidney trouble, and as a purgative. The Coast Salish and the Gitskan used the roots as a poultice on cuts.