Asparagaceae
Blue plantain lily
Hosta ventricosa
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Hosta
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 紫玉簪, 紫玉簪叶, 紫玉簪根, 紫萼, 紫萼*(紫玉簪）
- English
- Blue plantain lily, Plantain lily
- Swedish
- Klockfunkia
Synonyms
- Bryocles ventricosa Salisb.
- Funkia caerulea (Andrews) Sweet
- Funkia lanceolata Siebold ex Miq.
- Funkia latifolia Miq.
- Funkia marginata Siebold ex Miq.
- Funkia ovata Spreng.
- Funkia ovata f. aureovariegata Regel
- Funkia ovata f. latemarginata Regel
- Funkia ovata var. caerulea (Andrews) Miq.
- Funkia ovata var. intermedia Baker
- Funkia ovata var. ramosa Miq.
- Funkia spathulata Siebold ex Miq.
- Funkia viridimarginata Siebold ex Miq.
- Hemerocallis caerulea Andrews
- Hosta caerulea (Andrews) Tratt.
- Hosta caerulea f. aureovariegata (Regel) Voss
- Hosta caerulea f. latemarginata (Regel) Voss
- Hosta coerulea (Andrews) Tratt.
- Hosta japonica var. caerulea (Andrews) Asch.
- Hosta latifolia (Miq.) Matsum.
- Hosta miquelii Moldenke
- Niobe caerulea (Andrews) Nash
- Niobe japonica Salisb.
- Saussurea caerulea (Andrews) Salisb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Jean.claude, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Carl Wycoff from Nevada, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Carl Wycoff from Nevada, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: C T Johansson, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: C T Johansson, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.