• Family : Liliaceae
  (Lily Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : BACHNAG FAMILY (बचनाग फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Asparagaceae
• Synonym(s) : Ophiopogon parviflorus (Hook.f.) H.Hara; Mondo intermedium (D.Don) L.H.Bailey
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ophiopogon intermedius D.Don
• Common name : Himalayan Lily Turf, White mondo grass
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Forests and shrubberies
• Key identification features : Leaves tufted, linear. Perianth white, tinged with lilac lobes spreading
• Flower, Fruit : May-August
• Distribution :
  • Sikkim : Sikkim
  • Meghalaya : West Jaintia Hills (Jowai) district
• Native : ndian Subcontinent to Central & S. China
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : Bangladesh, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya
• Literature : Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 425; Nair, N. G (1977).Flora of Bashahr Himalayas. International Bioscience Publishers: 280; Balakrishnan, N. P. (1983). Flora of Jowai Vol.2. Published BSI: 562
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Ophiopogon intermedius. Downloaded on 4 March 2021.

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