European lily of the valley
ലില്ലി ഓഫ് ദ വാലിকামুদিনী
Convallaria majalis L.
- light
- Part–shade
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 20 cm
- wide
- 20 cm
Asparagaceae
Also called Lily of the valley, May Lily, Lily-of-the-valley
Formerly Convallaria latifolia, Convallaria linnaei, Convallaria mappii, Convallaria maxima, and 3 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Perennial or rhizomatous geophyteKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Europe to CaucasusKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Part shade to shade (under 6 h)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 15 cm to 25 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 10 cm to 30 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- WhiteRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -40 °C (USDA zone 3a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Dutch
- Lelietje-van-dalen, Meiklokje
- Swedish
- Liljekonvalj
- German
- Maiglöckchen
- root
- CONMAJ, Շնդեղ հրաշալի, alaw crewyll
- Russian
- Ландыш майский
- Finnish
- kielo, kellokielo
- French
- Muguet de mai
- Czech
- konvalinka vonná
- Italian
- mughetto
- Danish
- Liljekonval
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Liljekonvall
- Estonian
- harilik maikelluke, piibeleht, Harilik maikelluke
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Convallaria majalis (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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