Hosta lancifolia

Engler

in H. G. A. Engler and K. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 2[II,5]: 40, plates 17, 18. 1887.

Common names: Narrowleaf plantain-lily
Introduced
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 223. Mentioned on page 224.

Plants forming open clumps 35–50 × 30 cm; rhizomes sometime stoloniferous. Leaves: petiole erect, green, dotted purple at base, 17–25 cm; blade deep olive green, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 10–17 × 5–7.5 cm, apex narrowly acuminate; veins in 5–6 lateral pairs. Scape 40–50 cm. Inflorescences: racemes 10–20-flowered, lax, slender, 17–20 cm; floral bracts short, glossy green, narrowly navicular; sterile bracts 3–5, large, leafy. Flowers 4–4.5 cm, not fragrant; perianth tubular-campanulate; tepals purplish violet, lobes spreading, recurved; anthers purple. Capsules rarely developing (pod sterile). 2n = 60.


Phenology: Flowering late summer–early fall (September).
Habitat: Disturbed open areas
Elevation: 0–300 m

Distribution

Introduced; Conn., Ill., Md., N.J., N.Y., Ohio, Pa., expected elsewhere, Japan (of garden origin), cultivated worldwide.

Discussion

Hosta lancifolia produces an excellent ground cover with deep olive green leaves and vigorous vegetative growth. Since this species is of ancient horticultural origin and does not occur in the wild, it has been reduced to cultivar status in horticultural nomenclature as Hosta ‘Lancifolia’ (W. G. Schmid 1991).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Frederick H. Utech +
Engler +
Funkia +
Narrowleaf plantain-lily +
Conn. +, Ill. +, Md. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, Ohio +, Pa. +, expected elsewhere +, Japan (of garden origin) +  and cultivated worldwide. +
0–300 m +
Disturbed open areas +
Flowering late summer–early fall (September). +
in H. G. A. Engler and K. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. +
Introduced +
Hosta lancifolia +
species +