Asparagaceae
Big blue lilyturf
Liriope muscari
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Liriope
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Common names
By language (10)
- Arabic
- ليريوبية موسكارية
- arz
- ليريوبيه موسكاريه
- Chinese
- 闊葉山麥冬, 阔叶山麦冬, 土麦冬, 短莛山麦冬, 阔叶山麦冬（短葶山冬麦）, 阔叶麦冬, 闊葉麥門冬
- English
- Big blue lilyturf, Big blue lilyturf', Border grass, Lilyturf, Monkey grass
- Esperanto
- Lilia gozono, Simia herbo
- Finnish
- Liriope
- Japanese
- ヤブラン, サマームスカリ, プラティフィルラ, リリオペ, 薮蘭, 藪蘭
- Korean
- 맥문동
- pwn
- Masaday
- Russian
- Лириопе мускари, Комнатный мышиный гиацинт, Лириопа мускари, Лириопе плосколистная
Synonyms
- Liriope exiliflora (L.H.Bailey) H.H.Hume
- Liriope gigantea H.H.Hume
- Liriope graminifolia var. albiflora Makino
- Liriope graminifolia var. densifolia Maxim. ex Baker
- Liriope graminifolia var. latifolia Makino
- Liriope graminifolia var. praealba Makino
- Liriope graminifolia var. variegata (L.H.Bailey) Makino
- Liriope muscari f. albiflora (Makino) Nemoto
- Liriope muscari f. exiliflora (L.H.Bailey) H.Hara
- Liriope muscari f. latifolia (Makino) H.Hara
- Liriope muscari f. praealba (Makino) Nemoto
- Liriope muscari f. variegata (L.H.Bailey) H.Hara
- Liriope muscari var. communis (Maxim.) Nakai
- Liriope muscari var. communis (Maxim.) P.S.Hsu & L.Chu Li
- Liriope muscari var. exiliflora L.H.Bailey
- Liriope muscari var. variegata L.H.Bailey
- Liriope platyphylla F.T.Wang & Tang
- Liriope platyphylla f. variegata (L.H.Bailey) Ishii & Hosaka
- Liriope platyphylla var. albiflora (Makino) Honda
- Liriope spicata var. densiflora (Maxim. ex Baker) C.H.Wright
- Liriope spicata var. densifolia (Maxim. ex Baker) C.H.Wright
- Liriope spicata var. latifolia Franch.
- Liriope yingdeensis R.H.Miao
- Ophiopogon muscari Decne.
- Ophiopogon spicatus var. communis Maxim.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- blue (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Denis.prévôt, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wouter Hagens, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Denis.prévôt, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Denis.prévôt, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.