Hosta
E821258
Hosta is a genus of shade-tolerant perennial flowering plants prized for their attractive foliage and commonly used in ornamental gardens.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hosta canonical | 1 |
| Hosta 'Francee' | 1 |
| Hosta 'Patriot' | 1 |
| Hosta 'Sum and Substance' | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9799823 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hosta Context triple: [Asparagaceae, includesGenus, Hosta]
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A.
Liriope
Liriope is a naiad (freshwater nymph) in Greek mythology, best known as the mother of the beautiful youth Narcissus.
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B.
Ajuga reptans
Ajuga reptans is a low-growing perennial flowering plant, commonly known as bugleweed, valued as a groundcover for its dense foliage and blue flower spikes.
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C.
Begonia
Begonia is a large genus of ornamental flowering plants known for their colorful, asymmetrical leaves and showy blooms, widely cultivated as houseplants and garden plants.
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D.
Antigonon
Antigonon is a small genus of flowering vines in the knotweed family Polygonaceae, commonly known for ornamental species like coral vine.
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E.
Calamonastes
Calamonastes is a small genus of African warbler-like birds known for their inconspicuous plumage and preference for dry, scrubby habitats.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hosta Target entity description: Hosta is a genus of shade-tolerant perennial flowering plants prized for their attractive foliage and commonly used in ornamental gardens.
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A.
Liriope
Liriope is a naiad (freshwater nymph) in Greek mythology, best known as the mother of the beautiful youth Narcissus.
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B.
Ajuga reptans
Ajuga reptans is a low-growing perennial flowering plant, commonly known as bugleweed, valued as a groundcover for its dense foliage and blue flower spikes.
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C.
Begonia
Begonia is a large genus of ornamental flowering plants known for their colorful, asymmetrical leaves and showy blooms, widely cultivated as houseplants and garden plants.
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D.
Antigonon
Antigonon is a small genus of flowering vines in the knotweed family Polygonaceae, commonly known for ornamental species like coral vine.
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E.
Calamonastes
Calamonastes is a small genus of African warbler-like birds known for their inconspicuous plumage and preference for dry, scrubby habitats.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | genus ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Monocots ⓘ
linked to:
Liliopsida
|
| commonName |
hosta
ⓘ
plantain lily ⓘ |
| contains | saponins ⓘ |
| cultivatedFor |
flowers
ⓘ
foliage ⓘ ornamental use ⓘ |
| discoveredIn | East Asia ⓘ |
| family | Asparagaceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor |
lavender
ⓘ
purple ⓘ white ⓘ |
| floweringSeason | summer ⓘ |
| flowerShape | funnel-shaped ⓘ |
| growthHabit | herbaceous perennial ⓘ |
| hardiness | cold-hardy ⓘ |
| hasVarietyOf | cultivars ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | basal rosette ⓘ |
| leafType | broad-leaved ⓘ |
| lifeCycle | perennial ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Nicholas Thomas Host ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
China
ⓘ
Japan ⓘ Korea ⓘ Russian Far East ⓘ
linked to:
Russia Far East
|
| notableCultivarExamples |
Hosta 'Francee'
ⓘ
linked to:
Hosta
Hosta 'Patriot' ⓘ
linked to:
Hosta
Hosta 'Sum and Substance' ⓘ
linked to:
Hosta
|
| order | Asparagales ⓘ |
| photosynthesisPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollinatedBy |
bees
ⓘ
insects ⓘ |
| propagatedBy |
division
ⓘ
seed ⓘ |
| rootType | fibrous roots ⓘ |
| subfamily | Agavoideae ⓘ |
| susceptibleTo |
deer browsing
ⓘ
slug damage ⓘ snail damage ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| tolerates |
partial shade
ⓘ
shade ⓘ |
| toxicTo |
cats
ⓘ
dogs ⓘ |
| usedIn |
border plantings
ⓘ
groundcover ⓘ ornamental gardens ⓘ shade gardens ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Hosta Description of subject: Hosta is a genus of shade-tolerant perennial flowering plants prized for their attractive foliage and commonly used in ornamental gardens.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Hosta
linked to: Hosta
linked to: Hosta