Liriope

Japanese: Liriope
Liriope

...A perennial plant of the lily family commonly found under evergreen broad-leaved forests in the warm temperate zone (illustration). Horticultural varieties with striped or tiger-spotted leaves, or white leaves only when new, have been cultivated. It grows wild in Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu, and is distributed in the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and mainland China. All the leaves are basal and linear, 30-60 cm long. The flower stalk is 30-50 cm tall and forms a raceme at the top. It flowers in August. Clusters of 3-8 flowers bloom obliquely upwards. There are six perianth leaves, which are purple and about 4 mm long. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Liriope" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…暖帯の照葉樹林下に普通にみられるユリ科の多年草(イラスト)。葉に縞斑(しまふ)や虎斑(とらふ)の入るもの,新葉時だけ白い葉などの園芸品種も育成されている。本州,四国,九州に野生し,朝鮮半島南部と中国大陸に分布する。葉はすべて根出葉となり,線形で長さ30~60cm。花茎は高さ30~50cmで上部は総状花序となる。花期は8月。花は3~8個ずつ集まってつき,斜上向きに咲く。花被は6枚あり,紫色,長さ約4mm。…

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