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This Lily of the Valley forms flower clusters, or racemes.

Cluster Flower

This Lily of the Valley forms flower clusters, or racemes.

A genus of plants of the family liliaceae, native to the bushy places of America and Eurasia. It has oblong leaves, and cup-shaped flowers noted for their agreeable odor.

Lily of the Valley

A genus of plants of the family liliaceae, native to the bushy places of America and Eurasia. It has…

Convallaria majalis or lily of the valley.

Lily of the Valley

Convallaria majalis or lily of the valley.

Convallaria majalis, commonly known as the Lily of the Valley or Lily-of-the-Valley, is the only species in the genus Convallaria in the flowering plant family Ruscaceae, formerly placed in the lily family Liliaceae or in its own family called Convallariaceae. This woodland plant is native throughout the cool temperate Northern Hemisphere in Asia and Europe and a limited native population in Eastern USA.

Lily of the Valley

Convallaria majalis, commonly known as the Lily of the Valley or Lily-of-the-Valley, is the only species…

Also known as Convallaria majalis. It is native throughout the Northern Hemisphere in Asia and Europe. The flowers are white tepals, bell-shaped, and sweetly scented.

Lily of the Valley

Also known as Convallaria majalis. It is native throughout the Northern Hemisphere in Asia and Europe.…

The three sizes of crowns represent the crowns aged at one, two, and three years.

Crowns of the Lily of the Valley

The three sizes of crowns represent the crowns aged at one, two, and three years.

Size and good quality in the flowers of the Lily of the Valley depend upon the cultivation and attention given to the preparation of the crowns.

Flowering Stem of the Lily of the Valley

Size and good quality in the flowers of the Lily of the Valley depend upon the cultivation and attention…

The method for propagating the lily of the valley is by the numerous crowns which form at the points of creeping roots or underground stems.

Young Crown of the Lily of the Valley

The method for propagating the lily of the valley is by the numerous crowns which form at the points…

Two species of the lily family (Liliaceae): left, Canada Mayflower (Maianthemum canadense); right, lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis).

M. Canadense and C. Majalis

Two species of the lily family (Liliaceae): left, Canada Mayflower (Maianthemum canadense); right, lily…

The lily-of-the-valley flower produces pips or upright parts.

Lily-of-the-Valley Pip

The lily-of-the-valley flower produces pips or upright parts.

The raceme of lily-of-the-valley is short and radical.

Lily-of-the-Valley Raceme

The raceme of lily-of-the-valley is short and radical.

Illustrated is a section of the flower of lily-of-the-valley. It is laid open to show the parts.

Section of Lily-of-the-Valley

Illustrated is a section of the flower of lily-of-the-valley. It is laid open to show the parts.

An illustration of flowering plant of the Canadian mayflower, flower (a), and fruit (b). Maianthemum canadense (Canadian May-lily, Canada Mayflower, False Lily-of-the-valley, Canadian Lily-of-the-valley, Twoleaved Solomonseal) is a dominant understory perennial flowering plant in the family Ruscaceae, native to the sub-boreal conifer forests in Canada and the northern United States, from Yukon and British Columbia east to Newfoundland and south to Nebraska and Pennsylvania, and also in the Appalachian Mountains to northern Georgia. It can be found growing under both evergreen and deciduous trees.

Canada Mayflower

An illustration of flowering plant of the Canadian mayflower, flower (a), and fruit (b). Maianthemum…