Ophiopogon umbraticola Hance

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Ophiopogon

Characteristics

Rhizome short. Leaves basal, tufted, sessile, grasslike, 15--35(--50) cm × 1--2 mm, ca. 3-veined, margin serrulate. Scape ca. 30 cm. Inflorescence a reduced panicle, 8--16 cm, many flowered; bracts nearly subulate, basal one 6--8 mm. Flowers in clusters of 2 or 3 or solitary; pedicel ca. 1 cm, slender, articulate near middle. Tepals bluish, lanceolate to oblong, ca. 4 × 1.5--2 mm. Filaments ca. 0.8 mm; anthers ca. 2 mm. Style ca. 1.2 mm in diam., longer than anthers, basally widened. Fl. Aug. 2 n = 68*, 72*.
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Distribution

Ophiopogon umbraticola world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:429796-1
WFO ID wfo-0000673733
COL ID 49Z53
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Synonyms

Mondo umbraticola Ophiopogon japonicus var. umbraticola Flueggea japonica var. umbraticola Ophiopogon umbraticola Mondo japonicum var. umbraticola Ophiopogon japonicus var. umbraticolus