PLANTS Profile for Hosta ventricosa (blue plantain lily)

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PLANTS Profile

Hosta ventricosa (Salisb.) Stearn
blue plantain lily

Symbol:

HOVE

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Liliaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Hosta ventricosa (Salisb.) Stearn

Tracey Slotta. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Japan, Tokyo. Usage Requirements.

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Hosta ventricosa (Salisb.) Stearn

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Synonyms:
Hosta ventricosa (Salisb.) Stearn

	BRVE6	Bryocles ventricosa Salisb.
	NICA2	Niobe caerulea (Andrews) Nash
	NICO	Niobe coerulea (Andrews) Nash, orth. var.

Distribution:
Hosta ventricosa (Salisb.) Stearn


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USA (CT, DE, IN, KY, MA, MD, MI, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, VA, VT, WV)

Related Taxa:
Hosta ventricosa (Salisb.) Stearn

View 108 genera in Liliaceae, 4 species in Hosta

Classification:
Hosta ventricosa (Salisb.) Stearn

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Liliidae
Order	Liliales
Family	Liliaceae – Lily family
Genus	Hosta Tratt. – plantain lily
Species	Hosta ventricosa (Salisb.) Stearn – blue plantain lily

Introduced Information:
Hosta ventricosa (Salisb.) Stearn

This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Hosta ventricosa (Salisb.) Stearn

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 42953.

Time Generated: 09/21/2008 07:52 AM MDT