Endemic to Japan; introduced into Korea, South European Russia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.
Hosta sieboldiana
var. sieboldiana
Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO
Identified as
Hosta sieboldiana var. sieboldiana
Location
Japan, Kansai, Shiga (Maibara, Ueno)
35.418333, 136.405
Location Remarks
Ibukiyama (Mount Ibuki).
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Japan, Hokkaido, Hokkaido (Teshio, Toyosato)
44.769583, 142.058083
Location Remarks
Highway 40, c. 5 km south of Teshio-Nakagawa, near km 154. 37 m elev.
Collectors
David E. Boufford, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Inflorescence 1 m tall, or a bit more.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Asparagaceae
Genus
Hosta
Specific Epithet
sieboldiana
Authorship
(Hook.) Engl.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.6
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#295,223 of 335,497
Top 88%
Extinction probability
10%