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An article by
W.
George Schmid in
The
Hosta Journal (1996 Vol. 27 No. 2) states that This is a duplicate, incorrect or outdated name for Hosta
longipes 'Urajiro
Iwa'.
Mikiko Lockwood in an article on The Hosta Library titled,
A Little About Japanese Hosta Terms defines the term iwa as rock, Iwa Gibōshi or
H. longipes and
the term urajiro as white-backed or white underside.
Many hostas in Japan have been given the
simple name 'Urajiro' which would indicate that
the plant has a whitish color on the bottom
of the
foliage. There are at least 5 such plants
with that name, all from different species
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