Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Giant Lilyturf
Description
Genus Liriope
Herbs perennial
, shortly rhizomatous
, often stoloniferous
. Roots
sometimes with fleshy
, tuberous
part near tip
. Leaves basal, tufted
, sessile, grasslike or narrowly linear
. Scape simple
, naked, terminating in a reduced panicle. Flowers bisexual
, often in clusters
of 2--4, sometimes solitary, small, subtended by a bract and a few bracteoles; pedicel articulate
. Tepals 6, free
. Stamens 6, inserted
at base
of tepals; filaments
narrowly linear; anthers
basifixed
. Ovary superior, 3-loculed; ovules 2 per locule. Style columnar
, slightly 3-angled; stigma small. Fruit bursting irregularly at an early stage and exposing young seeds. Seeds deep blue to purple at maturity, berrylike, globose
or ellipsoid
.
About eight species, E Asia, extending to Japan, the Philippines, and Vietnam; six species (three endemic) in China.[1]
Physical Description
Habit: Clumping
Flowers: Flower Color: White • Flower Conspicuous: Spikes carry small clusters of spherical flowers
Foliage: Dark green, grass-like, arching • Foliage Shape: Linear • Normal foliage color: Green • Underside foliage: Green • Juvenile foliage: Green • Mature foliage: Green • New foliage: Green • Spring foliage: Green • Summer foliage: Green • Fall foliage: Green • Winter foliage: Green
Size/Age/Growth
Growth Rate: Moderate Growing • Size: Clump forming plant with foliage 1½ to 3 ft . tall.
Landscaping
Care: Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system . For a neat appearance , remove old foliage before new leaves emerge . Divide clumps every 2 to 3 years in early spring .
Biology
Growth
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Filtered sun
Moisture: Water Requirements: Water regularly, when top 3 in. of soil is dry.
Temperature: Heat Zones: High: 12 (>210 days) Low:6 (>45 to 60 days) (map) • Cold Hardiness: High:11 (Above 40 F) Low:5 (-20 to -10 F) (map)
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Liliopsida
()
- Scopoli, 1760
- Subclass:
Liliidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Lilianae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Asparagales
()
- Bromhead, 1838
- Suborder:
Asparagineae
()
-
- Family:
Convallariaceae
()
- Horaninow, 1834
- Subfamily:
Amygdaloideae
()
- Tribe:
Ophiopogoneae
()
- Genus:
Liriope
()
- Loureiro, 1790
- Lilyturf
- Specific epithet:
gigantea
- H.H.Hume
- Botanical name: - Liriope gigantea H.H.Hume
- Specific epithet:
gigantea
- H.H.Hume
- Genus:
Liriope
(
- Tribe:
Ophiopogoneae
(
- Subfamily:
Amygdaloideae
(
- Family:
Convallariaceae
(
- Suborder:
Asparagineae
(
- Order:
Asparagales
(
- Superorder:
Lilianae
(
- Subclass:
Liliidae
(
- Class:
Liliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Publishing author : H.H.Hume Publication : Baileya ix. 148 (1961).
Similar Species
Members of the genus Liriope
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 31 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
L. gigantea (Giant Lilyturf) · L. graminifolia (Lilyturf) · L. minor (Monkey Grass) · L. muscari (Lily Turf) · L. muscari 'Aztec' (Lily Turf) · L. muscari 'Aztec Grass' (Aztec Grass) · L. muscari 'Big Blue' (Big Blue Lilyturf) · L. muscari 'Christmas Tree' (Christmas Tree Lily Turf) · L. muscari 'Densiflora' (Lily Turf) · L. muscari 'Evergreen Giant' (Giant Lily Turf) · L. muscari 'Gold Band' (Lilyturf) · L. muscari 'John Burch' (Lilyturf) · L. muscari 'Lilac Beauty' (Lilac Beauty Lilyturf) · L. muscari 'Majestic' (Lily Turf) · L. muscari 'Monroe White' (Lilyturf) · L. muscari 'Okina' (Frosted Monkey Grass) · L. muscari 'Pee Dee Gold Ingot' (Golden Lily Turf) · L. muscari 'Royal Purple' (Lily Turf) · L. muscari 'Samantha' (Lily Turf) · L. muscari 'Silvery Midget' (Silvery Midget Liriope) · L. muscari 'Silvery Sunproof' (Lilyturf) · L. muscari 'Silver Midget' (Lilyturf) · L. muscari 'Supergreen Giant' (Giant Lily Turf) · L. muscari 'Variegata' (Lilyturf) · L. muscari 'Webster Wideleaf' (Lily Turf) · L. muscari 'White' (Monroe's White Lily Turf) · L. platyphylla 'Variegata' (Variegated Lilyturf) · L. spicata (Creeping Lily Turf) · L. spicata 'Franklin Mint' (Creeping Lily Turf) · L. spicata 'Silver Dragon' (Creeping Lily Turf) · L. spicatum (Creeping Lilyturf)
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Further Reading
Notes
Contributors
- The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Dec 27, 2011.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 10613812
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:537863-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 537863-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 710224
Footnotes
- Chen Sing-chi, Minoru N. Tamura "Liriope". in Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 250. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
