Creeping lilyturf
Liriope spicata Lour.
- light
- Part–shade
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 27 cm
- wide
- 46 cm
Asparagaceae
Also called Creeping liriope
Formerly Liriope koreana, Liriope tawadae, Mondo fauriei, Mondo koreanum, and 4 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Perennial or rhizomatous geophyteKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- SubtropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- C. & S. Japan to CambodiaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Part shade to shade (under 6 h)Read from UF/IFAS, NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by 2 of 3 sources. Sources differ: UF/IFAS part, shade; NC State Extension part, shade; Wikipedia full, part
- Height
- 15 cm to 38 cmRead from UF/IFAS, NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by 2 of 3 sources. Sources differ: UF/IFAS 6–10 in; NC State Extension 6–18 in; Wikipedia 9–15 in
- Spread
- 30 cm to 61 cmRead from UF/IFAS and NC State Extension, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from UF/IFAS and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Flowers
- White, violetRead from UF/IFAS, NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by 2 of 3 sources. Sources differ: UF/IFAS violet; NC State Extension purple, white; Wikipedia violet, white
- Coldest it survives
- -34.4 °C (USDA zone 4a)Read from UF/IFAS, NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by 2 of 3 sources. Sources differ: UF/IFAS -23.3 °C; NC State Extension -34.4 °C; Wikipedia -34.4 °C
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (3)
- Chinese
- 湖北麦冬, 麥門冬, 土麦冬
- Korean
- 개맥문동
- Simplified Chinese
- 山麦冬
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- UF/IFAS, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3D model: Liriope spicata (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.