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Hosta sieboldiana (Hook.) Engl.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Hosta

Characteristics

A perennial plant. It grows 75-90 cm high and 90-120 cm wide. The leaves are blue-green and heavily texture and veined. The leaves can be 35 cm long and 25 cm wide. The flowers are pale mauve.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. They are frost hardy. It suits hardiness zones 6-10.
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Rich fertile soils in mountain valleys and forest margins.
Light 3-7
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 2-6
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-8

Usage

The very young shoots are eaten.
Uses environmental use food gene source
Edible leaves stems
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 22 - 59
Germination temperacture (C°) 15
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -18
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Hosta sieboldiana leaf picture by 道草 (cc-by-sa)
Hosta sieboldiana leaf picture by Braga Mario (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Hosta sieboldiana world distribution map, present in Japan and Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:536637-1
WFO ID wfo-0000663624
COL ID 3MQVD
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Funkia cucullata Funkia sieboldii Niobe sieboldiana Saussurea sieboldiana Saussurea sieboldiana Funkia sieboldiana Funkia sinensis Hosta fortunei f. viridis Hosta fortunei f. aurea Hosta fortunei f. marginata Hosta lancifolia f. aureomarginata Hosta tokudama f. flavocircinalis Hosta tokudama f. mediopicta Hosta tokudama f. flavoplanata Funkia ovata f. latifolia Hosta caerulea f. latifolia Hosta fluctuans f. parvifolia Funkia ovata f. marginata Hosta caerulea f. albomarginata Hosta aoki Hosta aurea Hosta sieboldiana Hosta cucullata var. gigantea Funkia glauca var. cucullata Hosta fortunei var. gigantea Hosta sieboldiana var. gigantea Hosta sieboldiana var. hypophylla Hosta sieboldiana var. fortunei Hosta fortunei var. marginatoalba Funkia sieboldiana var. marginata Funkia sieboldiana var. condensata Funkia sieboldiana var. bracteata Hosta sieboldiana var. glauca Hosta sieboldiana var. elegans Hosta fortunei var. stenantha Funkia ovata var. albopicta Hosta fortunei var. albopicta Hosta lancifolia var. aurea Hosta fortunei var. rugosa Hosta fortunei var. hyacinthina Hosta sieboldiana var. amplissima Hosta fortunei var. robusta Hosta sieboldiana var. mira Funkia latifolia var. sinensis Funkia ovata var. albomarginata Hosta latifolia var. albomarginata Hosta latifolia var. aureomaculata Hosta sieboldiana var. aureomarginata Hosta sieboldiana f. fortunei Hosta tokudama f. aureonebulosa

Lower taxons

Hosta sieboldiana var. montana Hosta sieboldiana var. sieboldiana Hosta sieboldiana var. glabra
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