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Hosta clausa Nakai

Plantain lily (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Hosta

Characteristics

A herb that keeps growing from year to year. It grows 25-65 cm tall and spreads 25-35 cm wide. The flowers are purple.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.0
Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.28
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Along the banks of rivers where it is subject to periodic inundation.
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It is a temperate plant. It suits USDA hardiness zones 3-8.
Light 3-7
Soil humidity 4-7
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 4-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-6

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown by division.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 10
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -35
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Hosta clausa unspecified picture

Distribution

Hosta clausa world distribution map, present in Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:536577-1
WFO ID wfo-0000662816
COL ID 6MCVT
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Hosta clausa Hosta ensata Hosta clausa var. ensata Hosta ensata var. foliata Hosta ensata var. normalis Hosta japonica var. lancifolia Hosta clausa var. normalis Hosta clausa var. clausa Hosta clausa var. geumgangensis
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