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Liriope are usually used in the garden for their evergreen foliage as a groundcover. Some species, e.g., L. spicata, grow aggressively in the right conditions, spreading by runners; hence their nickname, "creeping lilyturf". In the southeastern United States Liriope is sometimes referred to by the common name monkey grass or spider grass.
Liriope is a genus of hydrozoan in the family Geryoniidae. [1] It contains only one species, Liriope tetraphylla. Description. Liriope tetraphylla has marginal ...
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.
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 .
Liriope may refer to: Liriope (nymph), the mother of Narcissus by the river-god Cephissus, according to Ovid's Metamorphoses. Liriope, a genus of lilioid monocot plants, named for the nymph; Liriope, a genus of hydrozoans in the family Geryoniidae; 414 Liriope, a main belt asteroid, also named for the nymph
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Ophiopogon (lilyturf) [2] is a genus of evergreen perennial plants native to warm temperate to tropical East, Southeast, and South Asia. [1] [3] Despite their grasslike appearance, they are not closely related to the true grasses, the Poaceae.
In Greek mythology, Liriope (Ancient Greek: Λιριόπη) or Leiriope (Ancient Greek: Λειριόπη) is a Boeotian naiad of Thespiae, who was probably the daughter of one of the Boeotian or Phocian river gods. Liriope was raped by the river-god Cephissus, who was himself the son of Pontus and Thalassa, and bore his son Narcissus. [1]