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Liriope muscari (Decne.) L.H.Bailey

Big blue lilyturf' (en), Liriope muscari (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Liriope

Characteristics

Roots sometimes with fleshy, tuberous part near tip. Stolons absent. Leaves linear to narrowly so, (12--)25--65 × (0.2--)0.8--2(--3.5) cm, stiff, (5--)9--11-veined. Scape (12--)45--100 cm. Inflorescence (2--)8--45 cm, many flowered; bracts setiform, 3--4 mm; bracteoles ovate. Flowers in clusters of (3 or)4--8; pedicel (2--)4--5 mm, articulate near middle. Tepals purple or lilac-purple, elliptic-oblong, 3.5--4 × 1.5--1.8 mm. Filaments ca. 1.5 mm; anthers equaling filaments. Style ca. 2 mm; stigma small, slightly 3-lobed. Seeds blackish purple at maturity, globose, 6--7 mm in diam. Fl. Jul--Aug, fr. Sep--Oct. 2 n = 36*, 72*, 108, (112*).
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A herb. It is a perennial plant 30-45 cm high. The roots are sometimes fleshy with tubers near the tip. The leaves are strap shaped. They are 25-65 cm long by 0.8-2 cm wide. They are stiff and 9-11 veined. The flowers are in spikes densely packed and violet or purple. These are 8-45 cm long with many flowers. The flowers occur in clusters of 4-8. The fruit are black berries. They are round and 6-7 mm across.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.28 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.3
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.3
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It is frost hardy. They grow in bamboo forests and shady moist places between 100-1400 m altitude in China. It suits hardiness zones 4-10. Melbourne Botanical gardens. Adelaide Botanical Gardens. Hobart Botanical Gardens. Mt Cootha Botanical Gardens. In Sichuan.
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Forests, bamboo forests, scrub, shady and moist places in ravines and on slopes at elevations of 100-1400 (occasionally to 2000) metres.
Light 2-6
Soil humidity 2-6
Soil texture 3-5
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal
Edible roots tubers
Therapeutic use Antitussive (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) 5
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -18
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Liriope muscari habit picture by Bruce Winter (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Liriope muscari leaf picture by Izzy Chafin (cc-by-sa)
Liriope muscari leaf picture by L Brown (cc-by-sa)
Liriope muscari leaf picture by L Brown (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Liriope muscari flower picture by Hiro Kobayashi (cc-by-sa)
Liriope muscari flower picture by Moritz Strauven (cc-by-sa)
Liriope muscari flower picture by Eli Bou (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Liriope muscari world distribution map, present in Åland Islands, China, Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Taiwan, Province of China, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:537868-1
WFO ID wfo-0000681593
COL ID 3VCXY
BDTFX ID 122733
INPN ID 913715
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Liriope muscari f. albiflora Liriope muscari f. exiliflora Liriope platyphylla Liriope yingdeensis Ophiopogon muscari Liriope gigantea Liriope exiliflora Ophiopogon spicatus var. communis Liriope graminifolia var. densifolia Liriope spicata var. latifolia Liriope spicata var. densiflora Liriope muscari var. exiliflora Liriope graminifolia var. latifolia Liriope muscari var. variegata Liriope graminifolia var. variegata Liriope graminifolia var. praealba Liriope graminifolia var. albiflora Liriope platyphylla var. albiflora Liriope muscari var. communis Liriope platyphylla f. variegata Liriope muscari f. praealba Liriope muscari f. variegata Liriope muscari f. latifolia Liriope muscari var. communis Liriope spicata var. densifolia Liriope muscari
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