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Ophiopogon japonicus (Thunb.) Ker Gawl.






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

Ophiopogon Ker Gawl. (ジャノヒゲ)
Janohige (ジャノヒゲ, 蛇之髭), mondo grass, lily turf, or snakebeard
Ryunohige (リュウノヒゲ, 竜之髭)
Lifeform: evergreen perennial forb
Distribution: East Asia, including Japan
Habitat: forest floor
Chromosomal number: 2n = 34, 36, 67, 68, 72, or 108
var. caespitosus Okuyama (カブダチジャノヒゲ)
var. umbrosus Maxim. (ナガバジャノヒゲ)
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Ophiopogon japonicus in Japan


ST1 ST2
[1/2] cv. Nanus (tamaryu, タマリュウ), which is a dwarf from with short leaves, at the Fujisawa Campus of Nihon University, Kanagawa Prefecture, on January 21 2014. This cultivar, of which shape is like a ball (tama), is used for pot flower.

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