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Lily of the valley

Lily of the valley

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Lilliopsida[?]
Order:	Liliales
Family:	Liliaceae
Genus:	Convallaria
Species:	majalis

Binomial name

Convallaria majalis

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)

Found mainly in shadowed gardens in the northern hemisphere.
Leaves and flowers contain cardiac glycosides[?] that have been used in medicine for centuries. In overdose preparations can be poisonous.

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