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PugLove888's avatar
PugLove888
Hero (Retired)
5 years ago

Re: Why are the Lily of the Valley Flowers Wrong?

@Sereverus , the person who made them probably didn't name them, or else asked someone who claimed to know the name of the flower and were obviously wrong. The flowers in the ground cover are "tiny and white" and Lily of the Valley does consist of tiny white flowers. 😉  Still, the flowers are obviously nothing like Lily of the Valley! 😃

I can see it being Edelweiss , now that you mention it!  I just automatically thought of daisies! 🌼

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  • Trismagistos's avatar
    Trismagistos
    Hero
    5 years ago

    @PugLove888 and @Sereverus Edelweiss only grows at higher altitudes, usually above the tree level so in that case daisies would be a better name for these patches of green. The flowers also resemble Wonder-flower or Ornithogalum. 

  • PugLove888's avatar
    PugLove888
    Hero (Retired)
    5 years ago

    @Trismagistos , yes the individual flowers of the Wonder Flower do look like the flowers in the ground cover swatch, however the pictures on Wikipedia show them growing all on the same stalk or raceme (kind of like a hyacinth), so I would be less inclined to think the ground cover were Wonder Flowers.

    The ground cover also looks a bit like this flower: 
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Zephyranthes_candida_Osaka.jpg
    And it also looks a bit like Stephanotis (popular in wedding bouquets, as is Lily of the Valley) but of course the leaves don't seem to fit the ground cover swatch.  
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanotis_floribunda
    And I'm sure there are other flowers it could be as well. 🤨

    Therefore, I think I will continue to think of it as daisies! 🙌😃