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Hosta capitata
is a perennial herb with a height of 40-60cm in damp limestone
areas. Leaves are in a rosette way, 7-16cm long, in the shape of a
broad oval, and not glossy, with swellings on the back surfaces and
purple dots at the bases of petioles. Flower stalks are erect, with
striate leaves, and the flowers are set in racemes, with bracts at
the bases. Corollas are bell-shaped, purple to light purple, with
six 4-5cm long perianth segments. The flowers open in the morning
and wither in the evening. Bloom time: June-July. |