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19th-century illustration. Lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis / ˌ k ɒ n v ə ˈ l ɛər i ə m ə ˈ dʒ eɪ l ɪ s /), [2] sometimes written lily-of-the-valley, [3] is a woodland flowering plant with sweetly scented, pendent, bell-shaped white flowers borne in sprays in spring.
Salpichroa origanifolia is a species of flowering plant in the nightshade family known by the common names lily of the valley vine, [2] pampas lily-of-the-valley [3] or cock's-eggs. [ 4 ] Distribution and habitat
Maianthemum dilatatum (snakeberry, two-leaved Solomon's seal or false lily of the valley) is a common rhizomatous perennial flowering plant that is native to western North America from northern California to the Aleutian islands, and Asia across the Kamchatka Peninsula, Japan, and Korea.
Maianthemum racemosum, the treacleberry, feathery false lily of the valley, [3] false Solomon's seal, Solomon's plume [4] [5] or false spikenard, is a species of flowering plant native to North America. It is a common, widespread plant with numerous common names and synonyms, known from every US state except Hawaii, and from every Canadian ...
Maianthemum bifolium (false lily of the valley or May lily [1]) is often a localized common rhizomatous flowering plant, native from western Europe (including Britain [2]) east to Siberia, China and Japan.
Convallatoxin is a natural cardiac glycoside that can be found, among others, in the plant lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis). Legend says that Apollo gave this plant to Asclepios, the Greek god of healing. [1] Lily of the valley has indeed been used medicinally to treat illness, [2] all going back to medieval times
Maianthemum canadense (Canadian may-lily, Canada mayflower, false lily-of-the-valley, Canadian lily-of-the-valley, wild lily-of-the-valley, [3] two-leaved Solomon's seal) [4] is an understory perennial flowering plant, native to Canada and the northeastern United States, from Yukon and British Columbia east to Newfoundland, into St. Pierre and Miquelon. [4]
Clethra arborea, commonly known as the lily-of-the-valley-tree, [2] is a flowering plant in the genus Clethra. It is found in Macaronesia where it is native to Madeira, extinct in the Canary Islands, [3] and considered an introduced species in the Azores. In Madeira its natural habitat is laurisilva forest.