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Lily-of-the-valley

Convallaria majalis

1,200Records since 2000
MayPeak month
87Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar8
Apr262
May614
Jun121
Jul68
Aug30
Sep34
Oct41
Nov0
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Sefton England64
2Surrey England47
3Oxfordshire England44
4Norfolk England35
5Kent England34
6Cumbria England32
7North Yorkshire England27
8Worcestershire England25
9Gloucestershire England25
10Essex England23
11Suffolk England18
12Nottinghamshire England18
13Highland Scotland15
14Devon England13
15West Berkshire England12
571 England23 Scotland16 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 87 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,200
Peak month
May
Counties with records
87
Scientific name
Convallaria majalis
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,583
Most recorded in
Sefton
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Asparagaceae
Genus
Convallaria
Name with authority
Convallaria majalis L.
Contributing datasets
23

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q101711 · GBIF 7459480