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Revision as of 00:36, 12 December 2009


Young variegated Liriope spicata


Plant Characteristics
Habit   herbaceous

Lifespan: ⌛ perennial
Origin: ✈ E Asia
Cultivation
Scientific Names

Ruscaceae >

Liriope >



Read about Liriope in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

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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Once classified with lilies in the family Liliaceae, the genus is included in Ruscaceae in the APG II systemwp.

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