| Giant Lily Turf |
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| File size | 660068 |
| Original date | 7/23/06 3:04 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash fired, auto |
| Focal length | 8.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/60s |
| Aperture | 5.5 |
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| Metering Mode | Partial |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | E3700 |
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Botanical name: Ophiopogon jaburan Family: Asparagaceae (Asparagus family)
Lily turf is a grass like perennial that is stolon forming and tuft forming.
This grass is prized for its striking foliage which is variegated pale yellow
to white. Leaves are green to light green,
yellow, cream, or white variegated, leathery, linear, up to 24 inches long.
Small, 1.2 cm long, white late summer borne flowers are held in 15 cm long
racemes. Purplish-blue, 1/2 inch long, oblong to ellipsoid fruit follow
blooms. The giant lily turf can be planted as an edging or tall ground cover.
It doesn't creep. It is very often found in nurseries as "Liriope spp.".
Native to Korea and Japan.
| Identification credit: Milind Sardesai, Dan Clinch, R.K. Nimai | Photographed in cultivation in Kerala & Delhi |
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