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.[2][1] It reproduces by pseudogamous apomixis.[3]
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| Close-up of flowers | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Agavoideae |
| Genus: | Hosta |
| Species: | H. ventricosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Hosta ventricosa | |
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List
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References
edit- ^ a b "Hosta ventricosa Stearn". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ "Hosta ventricosa blue plantain lily". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
Other common names; ... murasaki-giboshi, Savannah wood. Synonyms; Hosta coerulea var. latifolia, Hosta coerulea
- ^ Cao, G.-X.; Xie, T.; Wu, B.-X.; Yang, C.-P. (2015). "Floral sex allocation and reproductive success within inflorescences of Hosta ventricosa, a pseudogamous apomict". Journal of Plant Ecology. 8 (2): 142–153. doi:10.1093/jpe/rtv010.