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|familia=Ruscaceae
|genus=Liriope
|common_name=Liriope, lilyturf, creeping lilyturf, monkey grass, spider grass
|habit=herbaceous
|Min ht metric=cm
|origin=E Asia
|lifespan=perennial
|features=fire resistant
|Temp Metric=°F
|min_zone=on
|max_zone=on
|image=LyriopeSpicata wb.jpg
|image_width=200
|image_caption=Young variegated ''Liriope spicata''
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Liriope (named after the nymph Liriope)." Liliaceae. A tender violet-flowered cultivated plant from China and Japan.

Plants of somewhat doubtful affinity, having been referred to different families: rhizome short and thick, often stoloniferous: st. very short, the lvs. narrow and crowded, the fls. on simple scapes, small, violet or whitish; segms. distinct: stamens 6, hypogynous; ovary 3-celled, each cell 2-ovuled.— Species about 3, China, Japan, Philippines. Little cult.
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