This cultivar was listed on the Hosta Lists website. Originated by Jeff Moore of Wisconsin, this non-registered, streaked cultivar is a seedling of H. 'Galaxy' × H. hypoleuca. According to Hostalists.org, it is a streaked hosta with convexly cupped leaves.

Mount Katahdin is the highest mountain in the state of Maine. Named Katahdin by the Penobscot Native Americans, which means "The Greatest Mountain".