Grasswort

Lilaeopsis is a genus of several species of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae. Known commonly as grassworts or microswords. L. brasiliensis is used as a decorative plant for the foreground of aquaria.

Species include:

• Lilaeopsis brasiliensis
• Lilaeopsis carolinensis – Carolina grasswort
• Lilaeopsis chinensis – Eastern grasswort
• Lilaeopsis masonii – Mudflat quillplant
• Lilaeopsis novae-zelandiae
• Lilaeopsis occidentalis – Western grasswort
• Lilaeopsis schaffneriana

References

• Affolter, J. M. 1985. A monograph of the genus Lilaeopsis (Umbelliferae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 6:38.
• Gitte Petersen, James Affolte, A New Species of Lilaeopsis (Apiaceae) from Mauritius, Novon, Vol. 9, No. 1 (Spring, 1999), pp. 92–94 - describing L. mauritiana