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 [1]
List Funkia alba(Andrews) Sweet Funkia cordataSiebold ex Steud. Funkia grandifloraSiebold & Zucc. ex Lem. Funkia japonica(Thunb.) Druce Funkia legendreiH.Lév. Funkia subcordataSpreng. Hosta japonicaTratt. Niobe cordifoliaSalisb. Niobe plantaginea(Lam.) Nash Saussurea japonica(Thunb.) Kuntze Saussurea plantaginea(Lam.) Kuntze Hemerocallis albaAndrews Hemerocallis cordataCav. Hemerocallis japonicaThunb. Hemerocallis plantagineaLam.

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]

References

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
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 . PMID   35530713.