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| name = ''Ophiopogon japonicus''
|familia=Ruscaceae
| common_names = Mondo grass, Fountain plant, monkey grass
|genus=Ophiopogon
| growth_habit = herbaceous (grass-like)
|species=japonicus
|common_name=Mondo grass, Fountain plant, monkey grass
|habit=grass
| origin = Japan{{RHS}}
|origin=Japan
|lifespan=perennial
| lifespan = perennial
|exposure=sun, part-sun
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|water=wet, moist, moderate, dry
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|features=foliage
| features = <!--- flowers, fragrance, fruit, naturalizes, invasive -->
|Temp Metric=°F
|min_zone=7
| bloom = <!--- seasons which the plant blooms, if it is grown for its flowers -->
|max_zone=12
| usda_zones = 7+ {{RHS}}
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|image=Starr 080103-1335 Ophiopogon japonicus.jpg
| color = IndianRed
|image_width=240
| image = Starr 080103-1335 Ophiopogon japonicus.jpg
|image_caption=Ophiopogon japonicus
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| image_caption = Ophiopogon japonicus
It is an [[evergreen]], [[sod-forming]] [[perennial plant]]. The [[leaf|leaves]] are linear, 20–40 cm long. The [[flower]]s are white to pale lilac, borne in a short [[raceme]] on a 5–10 cm stem. The [[fruit]] is a blue [[berry]] 5 mm diameter.<ref name=rhs>Huxley, A., ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening''. Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5.</ref>
| regnum = Plantae
It is also grown as an [[ornamental plant]], providing an excellent [[groundcover]]. Several [[cultivar]]s have been selected, including 'Albus' (white flowers), 'Compactus' and 'Kyoto Dwarf' (dwarf forms, not over 4–5 cm tall), and 'Silver Dragon' (variegated, with white-striped leaves). It is often sold as a decorative plant for freshwater [[aquarium|aquaria]], but because it is not a true [[aquatic plant]], it may flourish for a few months and then die. While hardy to temperatures of about -20 °C when dormant in winter outdoors in normal soil, when kept fully submerged it requires water temperatures of 18-25 °C. It grows well in full sun or partial shade.
|unranked_classis = Monocots
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|familia = Ruscaceae
Ophiopogon japonicus, Ker. Perennial stemless glabrous herb, with a stoloniferous rhizome: fibrous roots long, slender, often nodulose: root-lvs. numerous, erect, narrowly linear, ½-1 ft., and 1-1½ lines wide, 5-7-nerved: scape 2-4 in. long; raceme lax, few-fld., 2-3 in. long, the lower fls. in groups of 2-3; fls. drooping, violet- purple to lilac or more or less whitish. Japan, Korea, N. China. Var. variegatus, Hort., has variegated foliage.
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==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==
===Propagation===
===Propagation===
Propagation is from side shoots.<ref name=rhs/><ref>Hiscock, P. (2003). ''Encyclopedia of Aquarium Plants''. Interpret Press.</ref>
===Pests and diseases===
===Pests and diseases===
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