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Achillea millefolium
Common Yarrow
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Milfoil
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Yarrow
1 Cultivar/Variety
Carex pensylvanica
Oak Sedge
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Pennsylvania Sedge
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Rush
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Sedge
Hedera colchica
Colchica Ivy
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Persian Ivy
4 Cultivars/Varieties
Liriope
Lily Turf
3 Cultivars/Varieties
Liriope muscari
Big Blue
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Big Blue Liriope
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Lilyturf
,
Liriope
3 Cultivars/Varieties
Liriope muscari 'Silvery Sunproof'
Silvery Sunproof Liriope
Liriope spicata
Creeping Liriope
1 Cultivar/Variety
Mazus miquelii
Mazus
