I never knew the unique but prodigious Solomon’s Seal could be found in Wyoming.❤️
For this post, my interest lead me to find where the name comes from.
The Greek name Polygonatum yields a scientific explanation: poly “many” and gonu “knee.” The knees for some botanists seem to refer to the areas between the indentions on the rhizome. The knees for most others seem to be the zigzag angles of the stem from which the leaves and blooms hang. The indentions along the rhizome look as if they had been marked by a king’s ring and the centers of the marks look like Hebrew alphabet characters, thus the name “Solomon’s Seal.” (~from Jack Sanders in Hedgemaids and Fairy Candles)🌿
I know my many knees are tired from the summer hikes and bending low to find all these beautiful treasures. But it’s so worth it! ✅
Next, a necessary verse from the expressive Songs of King Solomon:
“Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame.” ~SoS 8:6✡️✨
