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Ophiopogon Jaburan `Argenteo-marginatus' (Siebold) Lodd.

  • Common Name: Jaburan Lilyturf, Snakebeard
  • Family: Asparagaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Japan
  • Habitat:

  • Description: [syn. Mondo Jaburan (Siebold) LH Bailey]

    Plants tufted, roots stout, cordlike, not tuberous; leaves linear, to 2 feet long or more, about 1/2 inch wide; flowers white, 1/2 inch long or more, in axillary fascicles in short racemes; fruit oblong, violet-blue.

    An easy ground cover or potted plant for mild climates.

    Often confused with Liriope Muscari

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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198500136
  • Source:
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 3311 - W Bench
  • Qty: 1 confirmed on 01-31-2013

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: monocots
  • Order: Asparagales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Asparagaceae
  • SubFamily: Nolinoideae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

References:

Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976

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Other Accessions in Asparagaceae

Subfamily Agavoideae

Subfamily Asparagoideae

Subfamily Lomandroideae

Subfamily Nolinoideae

Subfamily Scilloideae
Tribe Hyacintheae

Subfamily Scilloideae
Tribe Ornithogaleae

Subfamily Scilloideae
Tribe Urgineeae

W/C = Wild Collected

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