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Hosta ventricosa Stearn

Blue plantain lily (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Hosta

Characteristics

Plants are green. It forms clumps. The rhizomes or underground stems are 0.3-1 cm thick. The leaf stalk is 6-30 cm long. The leaf blade is oval and 4-19 cm long by 4-17 cm wide. There are 7-11 pairs of veins. There are 10-30 flowers in a cluster. The flowers are deep purple. The fruit is a capsule 2.5-4.5 cm long by 6-7 mm wide. It is 3 angled.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Mature height (meter) 0.6
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) 0.4
Flower color
Blooming months
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AprMayJun
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months
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AprMayJun
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OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows in forests, grassy slopes and hillsides between 500-2400 m altitude in S China. It suits hardiness zones 6-10. In Sichuan.
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Rocky or stony river banks near ponds and lakes. Forests, grassy slopes and hillsides at elevations of 500-2400 metres.
Light 3-6
Soil humidity 4-7
Soil texture 4-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-7

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal
Edible leaves stems
Therapeutic use Sore (unspecified), Cancer (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 22 - 59
Germination temperacture (C°) 15
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -45
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Hosta ventricosa world distribution map, present in Micronesia (Federated States of), Malaysia, Nicaragua, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:536648-1
WFO ID wfo-0000663761
COL ID 3MQVK
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Hosta caerulea f. aureovariegata Niobe caerulea Funkia caerulea Funkia lanceolata Hosta caerulea Hosta miquelii Hosta ventricosa Saussurea caerulea Bryocles ventricosa Funkia latifolia Funkia ovata Funkia spathulata Funkia viridimarginata Hosta latifolia Funkia ovata f. aureovariegata Hosta coerulea Hemerocallis caerulea Niobe japonica Funkia marginata Funkia ovata var. intermedia Funkia ovata var. ramosa Hosta japonica var. caerulea Funkia ovata var. caerulea Hosta caerulea f. latemarginata Funkia ovata f. latemarginata
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