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Learn more about Liriope from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Liriope spicata
FAMILY
Ruscaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liriope spicata
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Liriope & Ophiopogon naturalized & commonly cultivated in the USA (Nesom, 2010)
Liriope spicata
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Floristic synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2010)
Liriope spicatum
COMMON NAME:
Liriope, Creeping Lilyturf
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JK Marlow jkm140717_884
July Greenville County SC
Leaves 3-6(8)mm wide, flexuous and arching, 5-11 nerved, apices acute, per Overview of Liriope and Ophiopogon (Ruscaceae) naturalized and commonly cultivated in the USA (Nesom, 2010).
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JK Marlow jkm140717_886
July Greenville County SC
Scapes mostly much shorter than the leaves; inflorescences mostly obscured, per Overview of Liriope and Ophiopogon (Ruscaceae) naturalized and commonly cultivated in the USA (Nesom, 2010).
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JK Marlow jkm140717_886b
July Greenville County SC
Flowers erect. Corollas mostly white. Inflorescence rachis 2-5(8)cm long, per Overview of Liriope and Ophiopogon (Ruscaceae) naturalized and commonly cultivated in the USA (Nesom, 2010).
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JK Marlow jkm140717_891
July Greenville County SC
Plants colonial, from slender stolons, unequivocally "spreading", per Overview of Liriope and Ophiopogon (Ruscaceae) naturalized and commonly cultivated in the USA (Nesom, 2010).