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Lily-of-the-Valley
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Copyright: Karen ww (karen64) Silver Note Writer [C: 0 W: 0 N: 12] (60)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-05-07
Categories: Nature
Exposure: f/4.3, 1/250 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-06-07 1:52
Viewed: 106
Points: 2
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This woodland plant is native throughout the cool temperate Northern Hemisphere in Asia and Europe and a limited native population in Eastern USA .
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Ruscaceae
Genus: Convallaria
Species: C. majalis
Binomial name: Convallaria majalis

Convallaria majalis is a popular garden plant, grown for its scented flowers and for its ground covering abilities in shady locations. Various forms are grown, including those with double flowers, rose colored flowers, variegated foliage and forms that grow larger than the typical species. Some consider it a weed, as it can spread over a wide area in gardens and can be difficult to contain or remove. Lily-of-the-Valley is used as a food plant by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the Grey Chi.
Traditionally, Lily of the Valley is sold in the streets of France on May 1. Lily of the Valley became the national flower of Finland in 1967. The Norwegian municipality Lunner has a Lily of the Valley in its coat-of-arms. It is the official flower of Alpha Delta Phi fraternity, Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, Kappa Sigma fraternity, Delta Omicron fraternity, Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority, and Alpha Phi sorority. The lily of the valley is also in the Chattock family crest held by a gauntlet.
All parts, including the berries, of the Lily of the Valley are highly poisonous.
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