Plant Identification Learning Module:
Ornamentals

Mondo Grass (Ophiopogon japonicus)

A clumping, perennialevergreen herb that forms dense, fine-textured grasslike mats. Leaves are dark green, linear, to 15 inches long and 1/8 inch wide. They occur in tufts, and curve toward the ground. The few flowers are hidden in the leaves on short, loose racemes. They are lilac or white.


Mondo grass
(cc) 2006, Dawn Easterday. Some rights reserved.

Mondo grass flower
(cc) 2006, KENPEI. This photo is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.1 Japan.