An article by
W.
George Schmid in
The
Hosta Journal (1996 Vol. 27 No. 2) states that this
is an "old" incorrect name for Hosta
kikutii 'Shirobana
Hyuga'. Mikiko Lockwood in an article on The Hosta Library titled,
A Little About Japanese Hosta Terms defines the term shirobana as white flower.
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