*Hosta plantaginea (Lamarck) Ascherson. Common name: Fragrant Plantain-lily. Habitat: Widely planted as a shade ornamental, rarely persistent. Distribution: Native of China; rarely escaping from cultivation in NJ, PA, VA, and likely elsewhere.
Origin/Endemic status: E. and se. Asia
Other Comments: This species is widely cultivated for its fragrant white flowers, which open in late afternoon or evening. This showy species was the first Hosta cultivated in Europe, starting in 1784, and shortly thereafter in the New World.
Synonymy ⓘ: = C, Can, F, FNA26, K4, NS, NY, Pa, POWO; Hemerocallis plantaginea Lam. Basionym: Hemerocallis plantaginea Lam. 1789
Links to other floras: = Hosta plantaginea - FNA26
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