| Accepted name: |
Convallaria majalis L. var. majalis |
| Synonym(s): |
-Convallaria majuscula Greene
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| English names: |
European Lily-of-the-valley
European Lily-of-the-valley
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| French names: |
Muguet de mai
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HCONMAM
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Flowers and leaves used as medicine. It is applied for circulatory disturbances and heart diseases. The plant contains convallatoxin and various cardenolides and steroidal saponins(1). |
| Key Characters: |
- |
