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Ophiopogon is a genus of herbaceous perennial plants with about 65 species that is found from the warm temperate to the tropical east, southeast, and south of Asia. The name of the genus is derived from Greek ophis meaning snake, and pogon meaning beard. This is likely a reference to its leaves and its tuffed growth. It is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Nolinoideae and like many lilioid monocots, it was formerly classified in the Liliaceae. They grow from short rhizomes, and bear tufts of leaves, from which flowers emerge in racemes held on short stems above the leaves.

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Ophiopogon planiscapus Nigrescens

 

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