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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.
Lomandra, commonly known as mat rushes, [2] is a genus of perennial, herbaceous monocots in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Lomandroideae. [3] The genus was first described in 1805 by Jacques Labillardière.
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 ...
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In traditional Chinese medicine, both O. japonicus plants and tubers are known as mai men dong (Chinese: 麥門冬).Tubers are used as the cardinal herb for yin deficiency. . According to the "Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica", the herb is sweet, slightly bitter, and slightly cold; enters the heart, lung, and stomach channels; nourishes the yin of the stomach, spleen, heart, and lungs ...
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
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.
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.