Common name
English: Blue plantain lily
German: Glocken-Funkie
Mandarin: 紫萼 (zi e)
English: Blue plantain lily
German: Glocken-Funkie
Mandarin: 紫萼 (zi e)
Kingdom: Plantae (2654)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2567)
Class: Liliopsida (391)
Order: Liliales (105)
Family: Liliaceae (37)(family description)
Genus: Hosta (1)
Epithet: ventricosa (Salisb.) Stearn (2)
Synonym: Funkia caerulea (Andrews) Sweet
caerulea => sky-blue
ventricosa => swelled or inflated, as the corolla of some labiates
Climate: temperate
Habit: herb
Flower colour: blue, white
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