Convallaria majalisL.

European lily of the valley

WFO wfo-0000764146 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h

Convallaria majalis, photographed by David Sandler
fig. a David Sandler, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-12 / obs. 205714000
Convallaria majalis, photographed by Jody Shugart
fig. b Jody Shugart, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205047564
Convallaria majalis, photographed by Марина Садыкова
fig. c Марина Садыкова, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205695396
Convallaria majalis, photographed by Татьяна Фирсова
fig. d Татьяна Фирсова, CC0 1.0 / obs. 204661104
Convallaria majalis, photographed by Paul Braun
fig. e Paul Braun, CC0 1.0 / obs. 205112815
Convallaria majalis, photographed by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas
fig. f Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204318581
Convallaria majalis, photographed by Pavel Kacl
fig. g Pavel Kacl, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205683270
Convallaria majalis, photographed by tomisc
fig. h tomisc, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204595277

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Flowering n = 6,572 observations

Peak flowering in May, from 6,572 community-annotated observations worldwide. This is a global aggregate, not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres, and citizen-science records cluster near cities, at weekends, and in spring. Where a species has fewer than 30 annotated records we do not draw this chart at all.

Also published as 27 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Convallaria bracteata Dulac
  • Convallaria fragrans Salisb.
  • Convallaria latifolia Mill.
  • Convallaria linnaei Gaertn.
  • Convallaria majalis f. abchasica Ponert
  • Convallaria majalis f. angustifolia Zapal.
  • Convallaria majalis f. laminaris (F.Rosen) Ponert
  • Convallaria majalis f. latifrons Ponert
  • Convallaria majalis f. latior Zapal.
  • Convallaria majalis f. mappi (C.C.Gmel.) Ponert
  • Convallaria majalis f. picta Wilczek
  • Convallaria majalis f. prolificans (Wittm.) Voss
  • Convallaria majalis subsp. transcaucasica (Utkin ex Grossh.) Bordz.
  • Convallaria majalis var. bracteosa Rchb.
  • Convallaria majalis var. laminaris F.Rosen
  • Convallaria majalis var. latifolia (Mill.) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Convallaria majalis var. majalis
  • Convallaria majalis var. prolificans Wittm.
  • Convallaria majalis var. rosea Rchb.
  • Convallaria majalis var. transcaucasica (Utkin ex Grossh.) Knorring
  • Convallaria majalis var. variegata Lowe
  • Convallaria mappii C.C.Gmel.
  • Convallaria scaposa Gilib.
  • Convallaria transcaucasica Utkin ex Grossh.

and 3 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice, no toxicity claim and no native range, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.