Convallaria is a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as lily-of-the-valley. It includes three species native to temperate Eurasia and the east-central United States. Image Name Distribution Convallaria keiskei southeastern Siberia, Japan, Korea, northern, central, and southeastern China, Mongolia, and Myanmar Convallaria majalis – lily-of-the-valley Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Kazakhstan, and central Siberia Convallaria pseudomajalis – American lily-of-the-valley;For the two species found in the eastern United States, Convallaria majalis and Convallaria pseudomajalis, as he calls the endemic taxon from the Appalachians, see Weakley, A. S. 2020. Flora of the southeastern United States. University of North Carolina Herbarium, North Carolina Botanical Garden. p. 281 (download page) east-central United States (southern Appalachians from West Virginia to Georgia)
The generic name means valley in Botanical Latin, in reference to the plant's natural geographical habitat.Gledhill D. 1985. The Names of Plants. Cambridge University Press
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