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

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 (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	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2011)
Japan Japan	Japan (country)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2011)
Singapore Singapore	Singapore (Republic of)	introduced cultivated	Chong, Kwek Yan/Tan, Hugh T. W./Corlett, Richard T. (2009) (p. 56) Cultivated only
Taiwan Taiwan	Taiwan Island	native	Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong (2011)

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. (2011)

Additional information:
Additional online information about Liriope muscari is available from the Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR).

Information about Liriope muscari as a weed (worldwide references) may be available from the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).

Taxonomic information about Liriope muscari may be available from the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

References:

Bishop Museum (U.S.A. Hawaii. Honolulu.). 1961. Voucher specimen #BISH147014(Krauss, B. s.n.).

Chong, Kwek Yan/Tan, Hugh T. W./Corlett, Richard T. 2009. A checklist of the total vascular plant flora of Singapore: native, naturalised and cultivated species. Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, National University of Singapore. 273 pp.

U. S. Government. 2011. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) (on-line resource).

U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. 2011. National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Online searchable database.

U.S. Dept. Agr., Nat. Res. Cons. Serv. 2011. The PLANTS Database. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong. 2011. Flora of China (online resource).