Accession Data
Ophiopogon japonicus
Common Name: Dwarf Lilyturf
Family: Asparagaceae
Synonym(s): Mondo japonicum (Thunb.) Farw.; Liriope japonica Hort.]
Country of Origin: Japan & Korea
Description: 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
Uses: Because this herb cleanses yin, it is great for cold/dry complications. Assists in dry coughs and dry vomiting. When the body is dehydrated or has recurring thirst. Known in traditional Chinese medicine as Mai Men Dong which is also used to brighten eye vision.
Accession Data
USDA Zone: 6-10
Accession #: 198500388
Accession Date: 1985-12-31 00:00:00
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Location: 2301
Quantity: 2
Source: Unknown
Classification
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
SubFamily: Nolinoideae
Tribe: Ophiopogoneae
Flowering Data:
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References
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Plants For A Future Website
- Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, May 12, 2017.
- WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Friday, May 12, 2017.
- Image #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) by KENPEI (KENPEI's photo) [GFDL, CC-BY-SA-3.0 or CC BY-SA 2.1 jp], via Wikimedia Commons. Last accessed on Thursday, December 07, 2017.
- Angiosperm Phylogeny Website at MoBot. Last accessed on Tuesday, 03 December, 2019.
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