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POLYGONATUM. Solomon's-seals. [Liliaceae]

Four species of Polygonatum are recorded in Britain. These include the native Solomon's-seal (P. multiflorum), Garden Solomon's-seal (P. x hydridum) Angular Solomon's-seal (P. odoratum) and Whorled Solomon's-seal (P. verticillatum). Whorled Solomon's-seal (P. verticillatum) is protected under Schedule 8 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981. Two dipterous miners, the drosophilid Scaptomyza pallida and the scathophagid Parallelomma vittatum, are recorded on Polygonatum in Britain. No non-dipterous miners are recorded on Polygonatum in Britain.

Garden Solomon's-seal - Polygonatum x hybridum

Key for the identification of the known Diptera mines in Britain.

1> Blotch mine. Several larvae feeding in a line and advancing up the leaf blade together. Parallelomma vittatum (Meigen) [Scathophagidae]. -> Corridor-blotch mine. Mine either upper or underside, whitish. Frass in small black clumps. Scaptomyza pallida (Zetterstedt) [Drosophilidae].

Last updated 11-May-2008  Brian Pitkin

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