Liriope muscari (Decne.) L.H.Bailey, Asparagaceae

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Present on Pacific Islands?  no

Primarily a threat at high elevations?  no

Risk assessment results: 

Low risk, score 4.5 (based on second screen) (Go to the risk assessment (Pacific)).
Reject, score: 7 (Go to the risk assessment (U.S. (Florida))).

Other Latin names:  Liriope platyphylla F. T. Wang & Tang

Common name(s): [more details]

Chinese: kuo ye shan mai dong

English: big blue lilyturf

Korean: maegmundong

Habit:  herb

Description:  "Roots sometimes with fleshy, tuberous part near tip. Stolons absent. Leaves linear to narrowly so, (12-)25-65 x (0.2-)0.8-2(-3.5) cm, stiff, (5-)9-11-veined. Scape (12-)45-100 cm. Inflorescence (2-)8-45 cm, many flowered; bracts setiform, 3-4 mm; bracteoles ovate. Flowers in clusters of (3 or)4-8; pedicel (2-)4--5 mm, articulate near middle. Tepals purple or lilac-purple, elliptic-oblong, 3.5-4 x 1.5-1.8 mm. Filaments ca. 1.5 mm; anthers equaling filaments. Style ca. 2 mm; stigma small, slightly 3-lobed. Seeds blackish purple at maturity, globose, 6-7 mm in diameter"  (Flora of China online).

Habitat/ecology:  "Forests, bamboo forests, scrub, shady and moist places in ravines and on slopes; 100-1400(-2000) m"  (Flora of China online).

Propagation:  Seed

Native range:  China and Japan; also cultivated (GRIN).

Presence:

Pacific
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	Moloka‘i Island		Bishop Museum (U.S.A. Hawaii. Honolulu.) (1961) (voucher ID: BISH 147014) Taxon name on voucher: Liriope muscari (Decne.) L.H.Bailey

Pacific Rim
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
China China	China (People's Republic of)	native	Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong (2013) Forests, bamboo forests, scrub, shady and moist places in ravines and on slopes; 100-1400(-2000) m. Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Zhejiang.
Japan Japan	Japan	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Singapore Singapore	Singapore (Republic of)	introduced cultivated	Chong, Kwek Yan/Tan, Hugh T. W./Corlett, Richard T. (2009) (p. 56) Cultivated only
Taiwan Taiwan Island	Taiwan Island	native	Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong (2013) Forests, bamboo forests, scrub, shady and moist places in ravines and on slopes; 100-1400(-2000) m.

Also reported from
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
United States (continental except west coast) United States (other states)	United States (other states)	introduced	U.S. Dept. Agr., Nat. Res. Cons. Serv. (2013)

Control:  If you know of control methods for Liriope muscari, please let us know.