Liriope spicata Lour.

Creeping liriope (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Liriope

Characteristics

A herb. The roots have fleshy tubers near the tip. It has creeping stolons or runners. These are slender. The leaves are narrow. They are 25-60 cm long by 4-8 mm wide. They have 5 veins. The base is surrounded by many sheaths. The flowering stalk is 6-15 cm long and has many flowers. They are in clusters of 3-5. The flowers are bluish. The seeds are almost round and 5 mm across.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.25 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months
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AprMayJun
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows in forests and grassy slopes in moist places from near sea level to 1800 m altitude in China. It suits hardiness zones 5-10. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
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Forests, grassy slopes, hillsides and moist places from near sea level to 1800 metres.
Light 2-6
Soil humidity 2-7
Soil texture 3-5
Soil acidity 2-6
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-8

Usage

The tuber is eaten.
Uses environmental use fodder medicinal
Edible roots tubers
Therapeutic use Aphrodisiac (unspecified), Dyspepsia (unspecified), Lactogogue (unspecified), Cancer(Gastric) (unspecified), Cancer(Lymph) (unspecified), Cancer(Pharynx) (unspecified), Cancer(Thyroid) (unspecified), Emollient (unspecified), Leukemia (unspecified), Cancer(Nose) (unspecified), Antitussive (unspecified), Cancer(Uterus) (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 7
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -35
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Liriope spicata unspecified picture

Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:429757-1
WFO ID wfo-0000673423
COL ID 3VCY4
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Liriope spicata Liriope koreana Ophiopogon spicatus Liriope tawadae Mondo koreanum Mondo fauriei Ophiopogon fauriei Ophiopogon tawadae Liriope spicata var. humilis Liriope spicata var. prolifera Ophiopogon spicatus var. koreanus Liriope graminifolia var. koreana Ophiopogon spicatus var. longipes Liriope spicata f. koreana Ophiopogon koreanus Ophiopogon spicatus var. confusus