Flower Lily of the Valley Flowers

Type of the Flower

Lily of the Valley:

Convallaria majalis usually known equally the Lily of the Valley, is a sweetly scented (and highly poisonous) woodland flowering constitute that is native throughout the cool temperate Northern Hemisphere inward Asia, Europe together with inward the southern Appalachian Mountains inward the United States.

It is perchance the alone species inward the genus Convallaria (or ane of ii or three, if C. keiskei together with C. transcaucasica are recognised equally dissever species). In the APG III system, the genus is placed inward the draw of piece of employment solid unit of measurement Asparagaceae, subfamily Nolinoideae (formerly the draw of piece of employment solid unit of measurement Ruscaceae. It was formerly placed inward its ain draw of piece of employment solid unit of measurement Convallariaceae, and, similar many lilioid monocots, earlier that inward the lily draw of piece of employment solid unit of measurement Liliaceae.

Lily of the Valley is a herbaceous perennial constitute that forms extensive colonies past times spreading hugger-mugger stems called rhizomes. New upright shoots are formed at the ends of stolons inward summer,these upright dormant stems are oftentimes called pips.These grow inward the restrict into novel leafy shoots that however rest connected to the other shoots nether ground, oftentimes forming extensive colonies. The stems grow to 15–30 cm tall, amongst ane or ii leaves 10–25 cm long, flowering stems accept ii leaves together with a raceme of 5–15 flowers on the stalk apex.

The flowers are white tepals (rarely pink), bell-shaped, 5–10 mm diameter, together with sweetly scented; flowering is inward belatedly spring, inward mild winters inward the Northern Hemisphere it is inward early on March. The fruit is a small-scale orange-red berry 5–7 mm diameter that contains a few large whitish to brownish colored seeds that dry out to a clear translucent circular bead 1–3 mm wide. Plants are self-sterile, together with colonies consisting of a unmarried clone arrive at non ready seed.

All parts of lily of the valley are poisonous to humans together with animals if consumed. Children are attracted to the sweet-tasting cerise berries produced past times lily of the valley afterwards it blooms. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 lot of the constitute would take away to hold upward ingested, though, to drive a toxic response. When large amounts are digested, irregular heartbeat together with pulse along amongst vomiting together with confusion volition result.

If individual (or animal) eats whatever role of lily of the valley, larn them to a doc correct away.

Lily of the valley is a pop bloom for weddings,although it tin hold upward real expensive.Lily of the Valley was featured inward the bridal bouquet at the Wedding of Prince William together with Catherine Middleton.Lily of the valley was equally good the bloom chosen past times Princess Grace Kelly to hold upward featured inward her bridal bouquet.