*Hosta lancifolia Engler. Common name: Narrowleaf Plantain-lily. Phenology: Jul-Sep. Habitat: Widely planted as a shade ornamental, rarely persistent; ‘native’ of Japan (but probably only of garden origin). Distribution: Reported as naturalizing in AR (Serviss & Peck 2016), and also rarely escaping in DE, MD, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, and probably elsewhere.
Origin/Endemic status: Garden origin
Taxonomy Comments: This species is planted as a 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 is occasionally reduced to cultivar status in horticultural nomenclature as Hosta ‘Lancifolia’ (Schmid 1991).
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA26, Il, K4, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO; = Hosta japonica (Thunb.) Voss — F; = n/a — C, RAB. Basionym: Hosta lancifolia Engl. 1888
Links to other floras: = Hosta lancifolia - FNA26
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Heliophily ⓘ: 3
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