| 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				Hosta Journal  (1996 Vol. 27 No. 2) states that  This is a duplicate, incorrect or outdated name for  Hosta 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.
 
 
							
								
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									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 
									including:  |  
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