Hosta is a genus of about 23–40 species of lily-like plants in the family Agavaceae, native to northeast Asia. The scientific name is also used as the common name; in the past they were also sometimes called the Plantain lily, but the term is now obsolete. The Japanese name Giboshi is also used in English to a small extent.

Though Hosta plantaginea originates in China, most of the species that provide the modern shade garden plants were introduced from Japan to Europe by Philipp Franz von Siebold in the mid-19th century. Newer species have been discovered on the Korean peninsula as well.

 

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