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Ruscaceae

W/C = Wild Collected
Ophiopogon Jaburan `Argenteo-marginatus' (Siebold) Lodd.

  • Common Name: Jaburan Lilyturf, Snakebeard
  • Family: Ruscaceae Hutch

  • Country of Origin: Japan
  • Habitat:

  • Description: [syn. Mondo Jaburan (Siebold) LH Bailey]

    Plants tufted, roots stout, cordlike, not tuberous; leaves linear, to 2 feet long or more, about 1/2 inch wide; flowers white, 1/2 inch long or more, in axillary fascicles in short racemes; fruit oblong, violet-blue.

    An easy ground cover or potted plant for mild climates.

    Often confused with Liriope Muscari

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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198500136
  • Source:
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 2301 - Temperate Asia
  • Qty: 1 confirmed on 10-25-2011
Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: monocots
  • Order: Asparagales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Ruscaceae
  • SubFamily:
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References:

Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976

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