Hosta sieboldiana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Asparagaceae |
Subfamily: | Agavoideae |
Genus: | Hosta |
Species: | H. sieboldiana
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Binomial name | |
Hosta sieboldiana | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Hosta sieboldiana, Siebold's plantain lily, is a species of hosta native to Japan. [2] A putative variety, Hosta sieboldiana var. elegans (called the giant blue hosta), has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit, as has a putative variety of its synonym; Hosta fortunei var. aureomarginata, the gold-edged plantain lily. [3] [4] The cultivars 'Blue Angel', 'Blue Mammoth', and 'Olive Bailey Langdon' have also gained the RHS Award of Garden Merit. [5] [6] [7]
Two varieties are accepted: [2]
Hosta sieboldiana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Asparagaceae |
Subfamily: | Agavoideae |
Genus: | Hosta |
Species: | H. sieboldiana
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Binomial name | |
Hosta sieboldiana | |
Synonyms [2] | |
List
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Hosta sieboldiana, Siebold's plantain lily, is a species of hosta native to Japan. [2] A putative variety, Hosta sieboldiana var. elegans (called the giant blue hosta), has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit, as has a putative variety of its synonym; Hosta fortunei var. aureomarginata, the gold-edged plantain lily. [3] [4] The cultivars 'Blue Angel', 'Blue Mammoth', and 'Olive Bailey Langdon' have also gained the RHS Award of Garden Merit. [5] [6] [7]
Two varieties are accepted: [2]