Lily of the valley
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Lily-of-the-valley, also written as lily of the valley, is a woodland flowering plant with sweetly scented, pendent, bell-shaped white flowers borne in sprays in spring. It is native to Europe, Wester
Convallaria majalis inflorescence Keila
Convallaria majalis 2016 11 08 4871
Foliage and flowers
Natural habitat in central Germany
Language of flowers
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Floriography is a means of cryptological communication through the use or arrangement of flowers. Meaning has been attributed to flowers for thousands of years, and some form of floriography has been
Lily of the valley
…The lily-of-the-valley was the national flower of Yugoslavia, and it also became the national flower of Finland in 1967. In the "language of flowers", the lily of the valley signifies the return of happiness. The name "lily of the valley", like its corresponding names in some other European languages…
Color lithograph Langage des Fleurs (Language of Flowers) by Alphonse Mucha (1900)
Illustration from Floral Poetry and the Language of Flowers (1877)
Primavera, 1482, Sandro Botticelli
Ophelia, 1851–52, John Everett Millais