Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Convallaria majalis L.

Family: Liliaceae

Origin: introduced

Common names:

Conval lily [Conval-lily] (1900?-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156, 158)

Convallaria (1905-1919) (52, 54, 59, 60)

European lily-of-the-valley [European lily of the valley] (Present) (50)

Lilium convallium (1879) (49)

Lily-of-the-valley [Lily of the valley, Lilyofthevalley] (1828-1942) (5, 7, 49, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 59, 60, 85, 92, 138, 148, 155, 156, 158)

Liricon-fancy (1900?, verbal corruption) (158)

Liris de los valles (1900?, Spanish) (158)

Maiblume (1900?, German) (158)

Maiglocken (1900?, German) (158)

May lily (1900?-1913) (5, 49, 92, 158)

May-blossom [May blossoms] (1900?-1913) (5, 158)

Mayflower (1923) (156)

Muguet (1900?, French) (158)

Park lily (1900?) (158)

Valleys (1900?) (158)

Wood lily (1900?-1923, misapplied) (5, 156, 158)

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