Hosta plantaginea explained

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 2000m.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hosta plantaginea (Lam.) Asch. . . Plants of the World Online . Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . 18 April 2021 .
  2. Web site: Hosta plantaginea fragrant plantain lily . 2021 . The Royal Horticultural Society . 18 April 2021 . Other common names ... August lily, Corfu lily, maruba, tamano-giboshi-kanzashi, yusan .
  3. Hosta plantaginea (Lam.) Aschers (Yuzan): An overview on its botany, traditional use, phytochemistry, quality control and pharmacology . 2019 . Yang . Li . He . Jun-Wei . RSC Advances . 9 . 60 . 35050–35058 . 10.1039/C9RA06623C . 2019RSCAd...935050Y . free . 9074421 .

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