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Convallaria majalis (European lily of the valley)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Lily of the valley, sometimes written lily-of-the-valley, scientific name Convallaria majalis /ˌkɒnvəˈlɛəriə məˈdʒeɪlᵻs/, is a sweetly scented, highly poisonous woodland flowering plant that is native throughout the cool temperate Northern Hemisphere in Asia, and Europe.
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Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Bee Flower Color [2]  Blue-Green
Flower Color [3]  White
Foliage Color [3]  Green
Fruit Color [3]  Brown
Bloom Period [3]  Summer
Drought Tolerance [3]  Low
Edible [4]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Fire Tolerance [3]  High
Flower Type [4]  Hermaphrodite
Frost Free Days [3]  4 months 10 days
Growth Form [3]  Rhizomatous
Growth Period [3]  Summer
Growth Rate [3]  Slow
Hazards [4]  All parts of the plant are poisonous; However, the toxic principle is very poorly absorbed when taken orally so poisoning is unlikely to occur; The leaves can be a mild skin irritant;
Leaf Type [3]  Deciduous
Lifespan [4]  Perennial
Pollinators [4]  Bees, Flies, Bats
Propagation [3]  Bulb, Container, Sprig
Regrowth Rate [3]  Slow
Root Depth [3]  10 inches (25 cm)
Scent [4]  The flowers are sweetly scented.
Seed Spread Rate [3]  None
Shape/Orientation [3]  Erect
Structure [6]  Herb
Usage [4]  An essential oil is obtained from the flowers; It is used in perfumery and for snuff; A green dye is obtained from the leaves in spring; A yellow dye is obtained from the leaves in autumn; Plants can be grown as a ground cover in woodland shade or in a shrubbery;
Vegetative Spread Rate [3]  Slow
Flower Conspicuous [3]  Yes
Height [4]  6 inches (0.15 m)
Width [4]  12 inches (0.3 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [3]  USDA Zone: 3 Low Temperature: -40 F° (-40 C°) → -30 F° (-34.4 C°)
Light Preference [5]  Mixed Sun/Shade
Soil Acidity [5]  Moderate Acid
Soil Fertility [5]  Intermediate
Soil Moisture [5]  Moist
Water Use [3]  Moderate
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Predators

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Aureobasidium microstictum[8]
Puccinia sessilis (Arum Rust)[8]

External References

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Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Arnold SEJ, Faruq S, Savolainen V, McOwan PW, Chittka L, 2010 FReD: The Floral Reflectance Database — A Web Portal for Analyses of Flower Colour. PLoS ONE 5(12): e14287.
♦ 3USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 4Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 5ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999)
♦ 6Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 7Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 8Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 9Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0