山菅蘭屬多年生草本，原產南亞至東亞，本種為葉片有白色條紋的斑葉種。扁圓形地下根莖發達，二列互生長披針形或劍形葉，葉翠綠，葉緣與葉面有白色縱紋。圓錐花序，花莖細長，淡紫色花懸垂。漿果近球形，熟果為藍紫色。

A perennial herb in the genus Dianella, native to South and East Asia. This species is a variegated variety with white stripes on the blade. Rhizomes oblate and well developed; leaves alternate in two rows, lanceolate or sword-like, green with white longitudinal stripes on the leaf surface and margin. Panicles, flower stem slender, flower pale purple and arching. Berries nearly spherical and ripe blue-purple.

全日照或半遮蔭環境。適應性強，對土壤要求不高，貧瘠的道路邊坡或是富含有機質的林下都能生長。以播種或分株繁殖。

The plant grows in full sun or semi-shade environments. Highly adaptable, low requirements on soils, able to grow in barren soils on roadside slopes or organic-rich forests. Propagated from seeds or ramets.

生長強健，是優良地被植物，亦可配植於庭園石組、牆腳列植，盆栽單獨種植也很美觀。果實有毒不可食用。昔日兒童使用葉片對折後用力吸氣可以發出哨音。

This robust species is an excellent groundcover; suitably planted as an accent plant for garden rookery landscaping; row planting along a wall or in an individual pot to accentuate the beauty. The fruit is poisonous and thus inedible. In the old days, children picked the leaves from the plant, folded and blew hard into the leaf to make a whistle.