Hosta ventricosa
| Hosta ventricosa | |
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| Close-up of flowers | |
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| 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[1] | |
| List 
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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]
References
- ^ 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.