Ophiopogon japonicus (Thunb.) Ker-Gawl.

• Common Name: Dwarf Lilyturf, Mondo Grass
• Family: Asparagaceae Juss.

• Country of Origin: Japan & Korea
• Habitat: Damp ground in shady places in lowland and foothills

• Description: [syn. Mondo japonicum (Thunb.) Farw.; Liriope japonica Hort.]

  Plants with long underground stolons, roots tuberous; leaves many, rather rigid, to 15 inches long, about 1/8 inch wide, dark green, commonly curved; flowers light lilac to white, in a short, few-flowered raceme; fruit blue, size of a pea.
  An excellent sod-forming plant

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Accession Data:

• Accession # 198500388
• Source: Unknown
• Accession Date: 12-31-1985
• Bench: 2301 - Temperate Asia
• Qty: 1 confirmed on 02-13-2013

Classification:

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

Plants For A Future Website Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976

data regenerated on Wed, 22 May 2013 14:16:19 -0400