Common name: Lily Turf, Lilyturf, Monkey Grass, Liriope, Border grass
Botanical name: Liriope muscari Family: Liliaceae (Lily family)
Lily turf is a grass like perennial native to Vietnam, Taiwan, Japan, and China.
It is not
actually a grass but a member of the lily family, a fact that inspires
its common name. The dark green, ribbonlike foliage grows in length from 10 to
18 in and then recurves toward the ground to form rounded clumps.
As the clumps mature they merge into a continuous carpet that resembles a plot
of shaggy lawn grass. In summer, spikes of small purple, violet or white
flowers rise from the center of clumps. Flowers are followed by pea-sized
black or white berries in autumn. Lily turf spreads quite fast in reasonable
soil, creating a substantial tuberous root mass.
| Photographed in Garden of Five
Senses, Delhi |
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ntroduced