Chinese name: Lily of the Valley
Latin scientific name: Lily of the Valley.
Chinese aliases: Cao Yuling, Xiang, Ling, Cao Cunxiang, Mi, Mi, Hua,
English name: lily of the valley, lady-tears
Stairs to heaven
Lily of the valley dances in the wind like snow, so the lily of the valley grassland is also called "silvery white paradise".
kind
Field: the plant kingdom in the plant kingdom
Door: angiosperm magnolia door
Class: monocotyledonous Liliaceae
Objective: Asparagus.
Family: Rosaceae
Or Liliaceae
Genus: Lily of the Valley
Type: Lily of the Valley
Perennial corm flower
brief introduction
The original species of lily of the valley are distributed in Asia, Europe and North America, especially in higher latitudes, such as the northeast forest region of China and the Qinling Mountains of Shaanxi. Most of them were born in deep mountain canyons and forest edge grass. Lily of the valley is a precious perfume plant, and its flowers can extract high-grade aromatic essential oil.
The flower of Lily of the Valley is a kind of Jason Chung-shaped flower, which is born at the top of the flower stem and has a raceme to one side. The flowers are milky white, hanging like bells, with 6 ~ 10 flowers per stem, which is elegant. The fragrance is rich, and the Ying Ying flutters, which is deep, moving and intoxicating.
Distribution area
Domestic distribution: Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Shanxi, Shandong, Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Zhejiang and Hunan.
Under forests or forest-edge shrubs in humid areas of mountainous areas.
Foreign distribution: Korea, Japan, Europe and North America are also common.
Altitude: 800 ~ 2500m.
morphological character
Lily of the valley has a multi-branched creeping rhizome. In spring, the terminal bud at the top of the rhizome grows 2-3 narrow elliptic or broad lanceolate leaves, and the veins are arc-shaped. Several sheathlike membranous scale leaves embrace each other at the base, and the flower stems are pulled out from the sheathlike leaves. Round deep ruby red berries in autumn are poisonous and contain 4 ~ 6 seeds. It is an excellent potted ornamental plant, usually used in flower beds and small cut flowers, and can also be used as ground cover plants, and its leaves are often used as flower arranging materials. The flowering period is generally from April to May in early summer, and the fruiting period is in June.
Lily of the valley is short, about 20 cm high, with many branches and spreading roots underground. In spring, 2 ~ 3 elliptic or narrow elliptic leaves grow from the terminal bud at the top of rhizome, with arc-shaped veins and several sheath leaves at the base; A multi-branched rhizome. 2-3 leaves, basal, ovoid and shiny. Flowers are bell-shaped, drooping, racemes, flowers 6- 10, milky white.
The plant is short, the stem is drawn from sheath leaves, and there are 6 ~ 10 florets. It is an excellent potted ornamental plant, usually used for flower beds and small cut flowers, and can also be used as ground cover plants. Berries are dark red and poisonous.
Perennial herbs, up to 30 cm tall. Rhizomes are slender and creeping. 2 leaves, oval, long 13 ~ 15 cm, wide 7 ~ 7.5 cm, with sharp apex and slightly narrow base; The petiole is about 16 cm long, which is surrounded by each other in a sheath shape, and there are several sheath-like membranous scales at the base. Scapes protrude from the axils of scales; Racemes are biased to one side; Bracts lanceolate, membranous; The flowers are ivory, bell-shaped, pendulous, about 7 mm long and 1 cm wide; Perianth apex 6-lobed, lobes ovate-triangular; Stamens 6; Style is shorter than perianth. Berries are spherical and turn red when heated. Seeds elliptic, flat, 4-6. The flowering period is May-June. The fruiting period is June-July.
Ecological habit
Like cool, humid, astigmatism and semi-cloudy environment, strong cold resistance, avoid hot and dry. Like fertile sandy loam with good drainage, sandy soil with rich humus and good drainage is needed. Summer dormancy
Sexual preference for cool, humid and semi-cloudy environment; Under the condition of low temperature, direct sunlight can also breed and bloom. Extremely cold-resistant, avoid heat, when the temperature is above 30℃, the leaves of the plant will turn yellow prematurely, so it needs to be planted in places with high altitude and no heat in the south. I like sandy loam rich in humus, moist and well drained to avoid drought. Like slightly acidic soil, it can grow normally in neutral and slightly alkaline soil.
Variety classification
In addition to the common white flowers, there are also varieties of lily of the valley and lily of the valley. Lily of the valley, in particular, in April, a pair of dark green rectangular leaves will stretch out curved and elegant pedicels and produce pure white flowers. In addition to single petals, there are also double petals of lily of the valley varieties. Some garden hybrids have spotted leaves, called lily of the valley with spotted leaves.
Lily of the valley flower language
Pure and happy arrival, happy arrival, good luck and good luck.
This fragrant flower can often be seen at weddings in France. Sending this kind of flowers to the bride means wishing the couple a "happy wedding". This may be because this small flower shaped like Jason Chung is reminiscent of becoming a happy little bell! In addition, due to the small growth area of Lily of the Valley, it is also called "Lily of the Valley", giving people a feeling of "purity and freshness".
Just like the sad legend of the birth of Lily of the Valley, the happiness of Lily of the Valley will come especially hard, and it will be accompanied by the sadness of vague fate. The waiting of the lily of the valley is the sigh of the stars in the wind, which is empty and can only be perceived by heart; Lily of the valley's temperament is as pure and transparent as a woman's loyal and gentle love belief in the wind, and only by concentrating can we taste it.
If you can't catch the fragrance of the lily of the valley as light as a star sigh from the night wind, how can you follow the fragrance to the valley where the lily of the valley is in full bloom? If you don't invest in guarding, how can you just walk beside Lily of the Valley in time? Lily of the valley only waits for the most thoughtful people, and the music of Lily of the valley can only be heard by the people who love it the most. In order to get true love, Lily of the Valley waits for her spring in the lonely valley ... Lily of the Valley only blooms with the spring breeze in May, and her flower language is the return of happiness.
Lily of the valley is the national flower of Finland, Sweden and Yugoslavia, which can often be seen at weddings in France. This kind of flower is sent to the bride to congratulate the newlyweds on their happy arrival. Maybe it's because it's shaped like a small flower in Jason Chung, which reminds people of a small bell that can evoke happiness. In the friendly communication, Lily of the Valley has always expressed the pride of "happiness, purity and virginity", and "happiness is for a pure girl" and other good wishes.
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