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] This species 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]

Hosta plantaginea
In bloom, as is typical, in August
Flowers
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Agavoideae
Genus: Hosta
Species:
H. plantaginea
Binomial name
Hosta plantaginea
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.

References

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  1. ^ a b "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
  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. PMC 9074421.