Mondo grass
Ophiopogon japonicus (Thunb.) Ker Gawl.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 23 cm
- wide
- 23 cm
Asparagaceae
Also called Dwarf Lily-turf, Mondo Grass, Dwarf lilyturf
Formerly Convallaria graminifolia, Convallaria japonica, Flueggea anceps, Flueggea japonica, and 16 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- PerennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- SubtropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- C. & S. China to Vietnam, Temp. E. Asia to PhilippinesKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Height
- 15 cm to 30 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 15 cm to 30 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, purpleRead from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: NC State Extension pink, purple, white; Wikipedia purple, white
- Coldest it survives
- -21.6 °C (USDA zone 6a)Read from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked: the middle of what its sources sayHalfway between its 2 sources, which differ. Sources differ: NC State Extension -23.3 °C; Wikipedia -20 °C
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Spanish
- Zacate azul
- Japanese
- リュウノヒゲ, ジャノヒゲ(蛇の髭), ジャノヒゲ
- Chinese
- 麥冬, 麥門冬, 沿階草
- Chinese (China)
- 麦冬, 沿阶草, 麦门冬
- Korean
- 소엽맥문동
- Russian
- Офиопогон японский
- Portuguese
- ofiopógão-do-japão, grama-preta, Pêlo-de-urso
- Hebrew
- זקן-נחש יפני
- Swedish
- ormskägg
- Turkish
- Bodur Osmanlı çimi
- Italian
- Mughetto giapponese
- Czech
- Sedoulek japonský
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-24, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-24, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-24, CC0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- 3D model: Ophiopogon japonicus (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.