Hosta caerulea
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Hosta caerulea. Tratt. (Funkia caerulea, Sweet. F. ovata, Spreng. F. lanceolata, Sieb.). Figs. 1909,1910. Lvs. broad- ovate, 5-10 in. long and half as wide, usually tapering to the petiole, but sometimes subcordate: raceme long and lax; fl. with a short, slender tube and suddenly expanding into a bell- shape, 1 ½ in. long, nodding, deep blue. B.M. 894 (as Hemerocallis caerulea.) Mn. 1, p. 73.—The commonest blue-fld. species. Funkia marginata, Sieb., is a form with white-bordered lvs. There is also a yellow- variegated form.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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