Convallaria majalis L.

English: Lily of the Valley

German: Maiglöckchen

Mandarin: 铃兰 (ling lan)

Portuguese: Lírio-de-Maio, Lírio-dos-vales

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Liliopsida (397)

      Order: Liliales (111)

        Family: Liliaceae (37)(family description)

          Genus: Convallaria (1)

            Epithet: majalis L. (1)

majalis => flowering in May

Climate: temperate

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: white

Check for Convallaria majalis at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [961] Convallaria majalis - Plants For A Future
• [1380] Convallaria majalis - Flora of China @ efloras.org
• [1811] Convallaria majalis - Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé: Flora von Deutschland Österreich und der Schweiz

• [40] Nelson,L.S., Shih,R., Balick,M. (2007): Handbook of Poisonous and Injurious Plants. 2nd edition, 0(0):Springer-Verlag GmbH.
• [17] Rothmaler, W. (1995): Exkursionsflora von Deutschland, Band 3, Gefäßpflanzen: Atlasband. 2nd edition, 0(0):Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany.