Asparagaceae
Dwarf lilyturf
Ophiopogon japonicus
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Ophiopogon
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Ophiopogon japonicusAsparagaceae
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Common names
By language (12)
- Azerbaijani
- Yapon ofiopoqonu
- Cantonese
- 麥冬
- Chinese
- 書帶草, 麦冬, 沿阶草, 沿階草, 麦冬（沿阶草）, 麦门冬, 绣墩草
- English
- Dwarf lilyturf, Dwarf mondo grass, Dwarf mondograss, Fountainplant, Mondograss, Monkeygrass
- Esperanto
- Nana mondo herbo
- French
- Muguet du Japon
- Indonesian
- Rumput kucai
- Japanese
- ジャノヒゲ, リュウノヒゲ
- Persian
- افیوپگن جاپنیکا
- Slovenian
- Japonska kačja brada
- Thai
- แบะหมึ่งตง
- Vietnamese
- Mạch môn
Synonyms
- Anemarrhena cavaleriei H.Lév.
- Convallaria graminifolia Salisb.
- Convallaria japonica Thunb.
- Convallaria japonica L.f.
- Convallaria japonica var. minor Thunb.
- Flueggea anceps Raf.
- Flueggea angulata Raf.
- Flueggea japonica (Thunb.) Rich.
- Liriope gracilis (Kunth) Nakai
- Mondo gracile (Kunth) Koidz.
- Mondo gracile var. brevipedicellatum Koidz.
- Mondo japonicum (Thunb.) Farw.
- Mondo longifolium Ohwi
- Mondo stolonifer (H.Lév. & Vaniot) Farw.
- Ophiopogon argyi H.Lév.
- Ophiopogon chekiangensis Koiti Kimura & Migo
- Ophiopogon gracilis Kunth
- Ophiopogon gracilis var. brevipedicellatus (Koidz.) Nemoto
- Ophiopogon japonicus var. caespitosus Okuyama
- Ophiopogon japonicus var. elevatus Kuntze
- Ophiopogon japonicus var. umbrosus Maxim.
- Ophiopogon merrillii Masam.
- Ophiopogon ohwii Okuyama
- Ophiopogon stolonifer H.Lév. & Vaniot
- Polygonastrum compressum Moench
- Slateria coerulea Siebold ex Miq.
- Slateria japonica (Thunb.) Desv.
- Tricoryne acaulis D.Dietr.
- Tricoryne caulescens D.Dietr.
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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.