<P> Convallaria majalis is a herbaceous perennial plant that forms extensive colonies by spreading underground stems called rhizomes . New upright shoots are formed at the ends of stolons in summer, these upright dormant stems are often called pips . These grow in the spring into new leafy shoots that still remain connected to the other shoots under ground, often forming extensive colonies . The stems grow to 15--30 cm tall, with one or two leaves 10--25 cm long; flowering stems have two leaves and a raceme of 5--15 flowers on the stem apex . </P> <P> The flowers have six white tepals (rarely pink), fused at the base to form a bell - shape, 5--10 mm diameter, and sweetly scented; flowering is in late spring, in mild winters in the Northern Hemisphere it is in early March . The fruit is a small orange - red berry 5--7 mm diameter that contains a few large whitish to brownish colored seeds that dry to a clear translucent round bead 1--3 mm wide . Plants are self - sterile, and colonies consisting of a single clone do not set seed . </P> <P> Convallaria majalis is a native of Europe, where it largely avoids the Mediterranean and Atlantic margins . An eastern variety, C. majalis var . keiskei occurs in Japan and parts of eastern Asia . A limited native population of C. majalis var . montana occurs in the Eastern United States . There is, however, some debate as to the native status of the American variety . </P> <P> Like many perennial flowering plants, C. majalis exhibits dual reproductive modes by producing offspring asexually by vegetative means and by seed, produced via the fusion of gametes . </P>

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