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Liriope
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Liriope

Liriope muscari
In the United States: Introduced · also called lilyturf, monkey grass, border grass

Late-summer to fall bloomer that provides nectar and pollen to bees and other pollinators during a period when few other plants are flowering. Clumping evergreen perennial with grass-like foliage; tolerant of shade and poor soils but spreads slowly by rhizomes in some conditions.

Nectarlow
Pollenlow
Bloom (US) August–October
TypePerennial
Sunpartial

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