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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.
The plant includes a double layer; green, leaf-like structures surround the understory, and purple-pink flowers outgrow them from the bottom up. The plant is a warm-season grass, meaning that leaves begin growth in the summer. During the summer, the leaves stay green, but they morph during the fall to produce a more copper color.
Aristida is a very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Aristida is distinguished by having three awns (bristles) on each lemma of each floret . [ 6 ] The genus includes about 300 species found worldwide, often in arid warm regions.
This species is a rhizomatous perennial grass with stems growing up to 70 centimetres (2.3 feet) tall. The leaves are up to 25 centimetres (9.8 inches) long and the ligule is very short. There are small terminal and axillary panicles bearing flowers. [1] The panicles are purple in color. [2] The spikelets are just a few millimeters in length.
Alliums' playful pom-poms comprise tiny purple flowers. This plant prefers full sun, but it can accommodate partial shade in warmer temperatures. USDA Hardiness Zones : 3 to 10
The foliage is yellow-green. In the autumn, it produces large (30–70 cm long by 20–30 cm wide) effuse inflorescences (clusters on a stalk) of tiny red and purple spikelets (the type of flower seen in grasses). [1] [2] It produces purple seeds weight about a third of a milligram. [2] Propagation is by seed or sprigging. [2]
The meaning of these gorgeous flowers varies depending on the hue. Purple lilacs represent the first emotions of love while magenta lilacs symbolize love and passion, perfect for a more serious lover.
Tridens flavus, known as purpletop, purpletop tridens, tall redtop, greasy grass, and grease grass, [1] [2] [3] is a large, robust perennial bunchgrass. The seeds are purple, giving the grass its common name. The seeds are also oily, leading to its other common name, "grease grass". It reproduces by seed and tillers.