LILY of the Valley

Lily of the valley is a woodland flowering plant with sweetly scented, pendant, bell-shaped white flowers borne in sprays in spring. Lily of the valley is native throughout the cool temperate Northern Hemisphere in Asia and Europe. In addition, the flower is also known as the American lily of the valley because it is grown a few in North America. Currently, Lily of the valley is ranked in the list of the most expensive flowers in the world because each bouquet of Lily of the valley flowers costs about $143 and $5 - $15 per stem.

Lily of the valley is an herbaceous perennial plant that often forms extensive colonies by spreading underground stems called rhizomes. New upright shoots are formed at the ends of stolons in summer and grow in the spring into new leafy shoots that remain connected to the other shoots underground. Each stem can be 15–30 cm (6–12 inch) tall, stems have two leaves and a raceme of five to fifteen flowers on the stem apex, each flower about 5–10 mm (0.2-0.4 inch) diameter, and are sweetly scented.

Scientific name: Convallaria majalis

Origin: Asia, Europe, North America

Price: $5 - $15 per stem

Refer to: https://www.wonderslist.com/10-most-expensive-flowers-of-the-world/