This cultivar with H. sieboldii in its background was originated by David Stone of Connecticut but was registered by Peter Ruh of Ohio in 1988. It forms a small size mound of gold foliage with white marginal variegation.

The plant grows about 9 inches in height with a spread of around 25 inches. Its leaves are slightly wavy with smooth texture and thin substance. Medium purple flowers bloom in August.

According to The Hostapedia by Mark Zilis (2009), "...becoming hard to find."

An article titled The Hosta Legacy of the Late David Stone appeared in the 1985 issue of what was then called The American Hosta Society Bulletin. The article was authored by Stone's former partners in the Piedmont Gardens nursery in Waterbury, Connecticut, F. Henry Payne and Philip R. Payne. "We also selected a yellow-leafed white-margined miniature and called it H. 'Little Ann'. Many visitors have suggested that it resembles the well-known H. 'Anne Arett' but 'Little Ann' blooms at a different time and differs in hue. Its blossom is eight inches tall, with lavender flowers. Unfortunately it is slow to increase. It is very, very popular."

In The Hosta Journal (1992 Vol. 23 No. 1) there is an article by Peter Ruh about the so-called David Stone Medium or Miniature hostas which went by a numbering system that started with DSM. This cultivar was called DSM #4 and was described as "Small, fragile plant, yellow leaves with cream border, lavender flowers. Named by Payne."