OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Liriope spicata   FAMILY Ruscaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liriope spicata   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Liriope spicata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Liriope & Ophiopogon naturalized & commonly cultivated in the USA (Nesom, 2010)

Liriope spicata

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Liriope spicatum

 

COMMON NAME:
Creeping Lily-turf, Liriope


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image of Liriope spicata, Creeping Lily-turf, Liriope

JK Marlow    jkm140717_884

July    Greenville County    SC

Leaves 3-6(8)mm wide, flexuous and arching, 5-11 nerved, apices acute, per Overview of Liriope and Ophiopogon (Ruscaceae) naturalized and commonly cultivated in the USA (Nesom, 2010).

image of Liriope spicata, Creeping Lily-turf, Liriope

JK Marlow    jkm140717_886

July    Greenville County    SC

Scapes mostly much shorter than the leaves; inflorescences mostly obscured, per Overview of Liriope and Ophiopogon (Ruscaceae) naturalized and commonly cultivated in the USA (Nesom, 2010).

image of Liriope spicata, Creeping Lily-turf, Liriope

JK Marlow    jkm140717_886b

July    Greenville County    SC

Flowers erect. Corollas mostly white. Inflorescence rachis 2-5(8)cm long, per Overview of Liriope and Ophiopogon (Ruscaceae) naturalized and commonly cultivated in the USA (Nesom, 2010).

image of Liriope spicata, Creeping Lily-turf, Liriope

JK Marlow    jkm140717_891

July    Greenville County    SC

Plants colonial, from slender stolons, unequivocally "spreading", per Overview of Liriope and Ophiopogon (Ruscaceae) naturalized and commonly cultivated in the USA (Nesom, 2010).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Liriope spicata   FAMILY Ruscaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liriope spicata   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Liriope spicata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Liriope & Ophiopogon naturalized & commonly cultivated in the USA (Nesom, 2010)
Liriope spicata

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Liriope spicatum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3687

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Commonly planted, persistent and escaping, locally abundant, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea & Vietnam

Rare

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Basal

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White / very pale violet
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Blue-black/ Blackish-purple

 

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