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Liriope. Lour. Synonyms [ 1] Globeria Raf. Liriope is a genus of low, grass-like flowering plants from East and Southeast Asia. [ 1][ 2] Some species are often used in landscaping in temperate latitudes. It may be called "lilyturf" in North America, although it is neither a true grass (family Poaceae) nor a lily (genus Lilium ).
Liriope spicata is a species of low, herbaceous flowering plant from East Asia. Common names include creeping lilyturf, [1] creeping liriope, lilyturf, and monkey grass. This perennial has grass-like evergreen foliage and is commonly used in landscaping in temperate climates as groundcover. Creeping lilyturf has white to lavender flowers which ...
Liriope muscari is a species of flowering plant from East Asia. Common names in English include big blue lilyturf, lilyturf, border grass, and monkey grass. This small herbaceous perennial has grass-like evergreen foliage and lilac-purple flowers which produce single-seeded berries on a spike in the fall.
Gelada. The gelada ( Theropithecus gelada, Amharic: ጭላዳ, romanized : č̣əlada, Oromo: Jaldeessa daabee ), sometimes called the bleeding-heart monkey or the gelada baboon, is a species of Old World monkey found only in the Ethiopian Highlands, living at elevations of 1,800–4,400 m (5,900–14,400 ft) above sea level.
Monkey grass. Monkey grass is a common name for several plants used in landscaping and may refer to: Plants in the genus Liriope. Ophiopogon japonicus, native to China, India, Japan, and Vietnam. Category: Set index articles on plant common names.
Description. It is an evergreen, sod-forming perennial plant. The leaves are linear, 20–40 cm long. The flowers are white through pale lilac, borne in a short raceme on a 5- to 1-cm stem. The fruit is a blue berry, 5 mm in diameter. [ 2] Underground, this species has large stolons with tuberous roots. [ 3]
Mucuna pruriens is a tropical legume native to Africa and tropical Asia and widely naturalized and cultivated. [2] Its English common names include monkey tamarind, velvet bean, Bengal velvet bean, Florida velvet bean, Mauritius velvet bean, Yokohama velvet bean, cowage, cowitch, lacuna bean, and Lyon bean. [2]
Japanese macaque range. The Japanese macaque ( Macaca fuscata ), also known as the snow monkey, is a terrestrial Old World monkey species that is native to Japan. Colloquially, they are referred to as "snow monkeys" because some live in areas where snow covers the ground for months each year – no other non-human primate lives farther north ...