Hosta ventricosa

Hosta ventricosa
Close-up of flowers
In the wild in China
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Agavoideae
Genus: Hosta
Species:
H. ventricosa
Binomial name
Hosta ventricosa
Synonyms
List
    • Bryocles ventricosa Salisb.
    • Funkia caerulea (Andrews) Sweet
    • Funkia lanceolata Siebold ex Miq.
    • Funkia latifolia Miq.
    • Funkia marginata Siebold ex Miq.
    • Funkia ovata Spreng.
    • Funkia spathulata Siebold ex Miq.
    • Funkia viridimarginata Siebold ex Miq.
    • Hosta caerulea (Andrews) Tratt.
    • Hosta miquelii Moldenke
    • Niobe caerulea (Andrews) Nash
    • Saussurea caerulea (Andrews) Salisb.
    • Hemerocallis caerulea Andrews

Hosta ventricosa, the blue plantain lily, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to southeast and south-central China, and introduced to the eastern United States. It reproduces by pseudogamous apomixis.