Lily of the valley
Found mainly in shadowed gardens in the northern hemisphere.
Lily of the valley is a flowering plant of the Convallaria genus.
(synonyms: May lily, May bells, Our Lady's tears, Convall-lily, Lily Constancy, ladder-to-Heaven, Jacob's Ladder, male lily,
muguet)
Lily of the valley Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Lilliopsida[?]
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Genus: Convallaria Species: majalis
Binomial name
Convallaria majalis
Leaves and flowers contain cardiac glycosides[?] that have been used in medicine
for centuries. In overdose preparations can be poisonous.
