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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Convallaria majalis
FAMILY
Ruscaceae
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Learn more about European Lily-of-the-valley from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Convallaria majalis
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Convallaria majalis var. majalis
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-11-001a:
Convallaria majalis var. majalis FAMILY Liliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Convallaria majalis
COMMON NAME:
European Lily-of-the-valley
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_coma7_001_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_convallaria_majalis_1
April
Similar to C. montana but raceme extends above middle of the lowest leaf, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm060521_176
May Macon County NC
Highlands Biological Station
Similar to C. montana but densely colonial, with smaller leaves (to 6" x 2"), per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Convallaria majalis
FAMILY
Ruscaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Convallaria majalis
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Convallaria majalis var. majalis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-11-001a:
Convallaria majalis var. majalis
FAMILY
Liliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Convallaria majalis
2074
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Old homesites, roadsides, persistent after cultivation, and casually escaping to nearby woodlands and forests, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Eurasia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal (2, rarely 3), scapose but appearing leafy-stemmed from sheathing petioles
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals almost completely connate, perianth campanulate
6 included stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer
Orange
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p336
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p099
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p357
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p412
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p007
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