Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
Agavaceae | Hosta lancifolia | Narrowleaf Plantain-lily | Widely planted as a shade ornamental, rarely persistent; ‘native’ of Japan (but probably only of garden origin). | Reported as naturalizing in AR (Serviss & Peck 2016), and also rarely escaping in DE, MD, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, and probably elsewhere. | 
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Agavaceae | Hosta plantaginea | Fragrant Plantain-lily | Widely planted as a shade ornamental, rarely persistent. | Native of China; rarely escaping from cultivation in NJ, PA, VA, and likely elsewhere. | 
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Agavaceae | Hosta ventricosa | Blue Plantain-lily | Widely planted as a shade ornamental and occasionally escaping in disturbed areas. | Native of China; rarely escaping throughout the northeastern portion of our area southward and westward to AR and NC, also reported for AL by Diamond (2014). | 
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