Hosta plantaginea

Hosta plantaginea
	In bloom, as is typical, in August
	Flowers
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Asparagaceae
Subfamily:	Agavoideae
Genus:	Hosta
Species:	H. plantaginea
Binomial name
	Hosta plantaginea; (Lam.) Asch.
Synonyms
	List Funkia alba (Andrews) Sweet; Funkia cordata Siebold ex Steud.; Funkia grandiflora Siebold & Zucc. ex Lem.; Funkia japonica (Thunb.) Druce; Funkia legendrei H.Lév.; Funkia subcordata Spreng.; Hosta japonica Tratt.; Niobe cordifolia Salisb.; Niobe plantaginea (Lam.) Nash; Saussurea japonica (Thunb.) Kuntze; Saussurea plantaginea (Lam.) Kuntze; Hemerocallis alba Andrews; Hemerocallis cordata Cav.; Hemerocallis japonica Thunb.; Hemerocallis plantaginea Lam.; ;

Hosta plantaginea, the fragrant plantain lily or August lily, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to southeast and south-central China, and a garden escapee in scattered locations worldwide.^[1]^[2] It and cultivars and hybrids derived from it are the only fragrant hostas. As a wild plant it is typically found growing in the herb layer of mountain forests, below 2000 m.^[3]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Hosta plantaginea (Lam.) Asch". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
^ "Hosta plantaginea fragrant plantain lily". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021. Other common names ... August lily, Corfu lily, maruba, tamano-giboshi-kanzashi, yusan
^ Yang, Li; He, Jun-Wei (2019). "Hosta plantaginea (Lam.) Aschers (Yuzan): An overview on its botany, traditional use, phytochemistry, quality control and pharmacology". RSC Advances. 9 (60): 35050–35058. Bibcode:2019RSCAd...935050Y. doi:10.1039/C9RA06623C.

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[536625-1-1] "Hosta plantaginea (Lam.) Asch". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

[2] "Hosta plantaginea fragrant plantain lily". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021. Other common names ... August lily, Corfu lily, maruba, tamano-giboshi-kanzashi, yusan

[1_of_1180_Google_Scholar_Hits-3] Yang, Li; He, Jun-Wei (2019). "Hosta plantaginea (Lam.) Aschers (Yuzan): An overview on its botany, traditional use, phytochemistry, quality control and pharmacology". RSC Advances. 9 (60): 35050–35058. Bibcode:2019RSCAd...935050Y. doi:10.1039/C9RA06623C.

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Hosta plantaginea

In bloom, as is typical, in August

Flowers
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Asparagaceae
Subfamily:	Agavoideae
Genus:	Hosta
Species:	H. plantaginea
Binomial name
*Hosta plantaginea* (Lam.) Asch.
Synonyms^[1]
List Funkia alba (Andrews) Sweet Funkia cordata Siebold ex Steud. Funkia grandiflora Siebold & Zucc. ex Lem. Funkia japonica (Thunb.) Druce Funkia legendrei H.Lév. Funkia subcordata Spreng. Hosta japonica Tratt. Niobe cordifolia Salisb. Niobe plantaginea (Lam.) Nash Saussurea japonica (Thunb.) Kuntze Saussurea plantaginea (Lam.) Kuntze Hemerocallis alba Andrews Hemerocallis cordata Cav. Hemerocallis japonica Thunb. Hemerocallis plantaginea Lam.