Hosta lancifolia

Engler in H. G. A. Engler and K. Prantl

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 ovatelanceolate, 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.

"thicker" is not a number.

... more about "Hosta lancifolia"
dorsifixed +
cordate +  and linear +
acuminate +
Frederick H. Utech +
Engler in H. G. A. Engler and K. Prantl +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
dilated +
Funkia +
reticulate-veined +  and parallel-veined +
olive green +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (17 cm170 mm <br />0.17 m <br />) +
smooth;puckered +
lanceolate +  and ovatelanceolate +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (7.5 cm75 mm <br />0.075 m <br />) +
tunicate +  and scaly +
dome--shaped +
Narrowleaf plantain-lily +
Conn. +, Ill. +, Md. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, Ohio +, Pa. +, expected elsewhere +, Japan (of garden origin) +  and cultivated worldwide +
0–300 m +
connate-coroniform +  and dilated +
not fragrant +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (4.5 cm45 mm <br />0.045 m <br />) +
loculicidal +
triangular +, elongate +  and angled +
membranaceous +  and leathery +
Disturbed open areas +
subsecund +  and racemose +
persistent +
recurved +  and spreading +
undulate +
many;several +
zygomorphic +  and actinomorphic +
tubular-campanulate +
dotted purple +  and green +
ridged +  and terete +
17 cm170 mm <br />0.17 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
Flowering late summer–early fall (September). +
in H. G. A. Engler and K. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. +
10-20-flowered +
slender +
17 cm170 mm <br />0.17 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
stoloniferous +
40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +
wind-distributed +
flattened +
Introduced +
adnate +  and free +
staminodial +
1 +  and several +
3-lobed +  and capitate +
3 +  and 1 +
filiform +
Hosta lancifolia +
species +
purplish violet +
wide-throated +
narrower +
campylodromous +
prominent +, sunken +  and conspicuous +
35 cm350 mm <br />0.35 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +
3 +  and 2 +