| Hosta | Captain Kirk |
| Status | registered |
| Originator(s) | Kirk Brill 1999 |
| Origin | 'Gold Standard' sport |
| Size category | medium |
| Plant height x width | 58x110 cm (23x43 in.) |
| Leaf length x width | 20x18 cm (8x7 in.) |
| Vein pairs | |
| Leaf color | pale yellow,dark green edge |
| Variegation | medio |
| Leaf | |
| Petiole | |
| Scape | |
| Scape height | 91 cm (36 in.) |
| Flower | pale lavender |
| Flower length | |
| Fragrant | |
| Flowering period | July |
| Fertile | |
| Pod | |
| Ploidy | 4-2-2 |
| Patents | |
| Info | Sport of 'Gold Standard' with very wide green margins. Distinctly different from mother plant and 'Striptease' (another 'Gold Standard' sport). From Kirk Brill of Des Moines, Iowa. Kirk Brill is a Trekkie, a fanatical Star Trek fan, so he named his new hosta 'Captain Kirk'. |
| Sports | 'Beam Me Up Scotty' sport/os 'Boracay' sport/ 'Captain's Adventure' sport/ 'Commander Adama' sport/op 'Dammit Jim' sport/wg 'Deep Space Nine' sport/gy 'Enterprise' sport/cg 'Kirk's Gold' sport/yy 'Klingon' sport/gg 'Starship' sport/gc 'Starship Enterprise' sport/om 'Suliban' sport/os 'Vulcan' sport/wg |
| Progeny | 'Betty Hagerman' seedling 'Cabin Boy' = PP x 'Carol' 'Hidden Gem' = PP x 'Carol' 'Kwick's Perky Purple Pixie' = PP x 'Carol' 'Lady Renee' = PP x 'Carol' 'Lord Puckersheen' = 'Sagae' x PP |