Ophiopogon japonicus




Family Ruscaceae (also placed in Liliaceae)
Scientific name Ophiopogon japonicus (L. f.) Ker Gawler
Synonyms Anemarrhena cavaleriei H. Léveillé; Chloopsis acaulis Blume; Chloopsis caulescens Blume; Convallaria japonica L. f.; Convallaria japonica L. f. var. minor Thunberg; Flueggea anceps Rafinesque; Flueggea japonica (L. f.) Richard; Flueggea wallichiana Kunth; Mondo japonicum (L. f.) Farwell; Mondo stolonifer (H. Léveillé & Vaniot) Farwell; Ophiopogon argyi H. Léveillé; Ophiopogon chekiangensis Koiti Kimura & Migo; Ophiopogon merrillii Masamune; Ophiopogon stolonifer H. Léveillé & Vaniot; Ophiopogon umbraticola Hance; Slateria coerulea Siebold ex Miquel; Slateria japonica (L. f.) Desvaux
Common name (Japanese common name) jya-no-hige (ジャノヒゲ, 蛇髭 [meaning: snake beard])
(English common name) dwarf lilyturf, mondograss, snake's-beard
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan, Philippines
Habitat Forest
Chromosomal number 2n=34, 36, 67, 68, 72, 108
Description Plants 7-15cm tall. Leaves linear, 10-20cm long, 2-3mm wide. Stems 7-15cm. Flowers pedicels 4mm long, 6 white perianths each 4mm long, flowering in July to August. Fruits blue 7mm. Perennial plants.
Reference Ophiopogon japonicus (Linnaeus f.) Ker Gawler
Ophiopogon japonicus (Thunb.) Ker Gawl.
Ophiopogon japonicus (L.f.) Ker-Gawl.



July 2007
at my home
July 2007
at my home
July 2007
at my home