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| Hosta | Katsuragawa Beni |
| Status | species |
| Originator(s) | Hiroshi Masaoka |
| Origin | Nomura,Ehime pr.,Shikoku,Japan |
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| Size category | small |
| Plant height x width | 30x50 cm (12x20 in.) |
| Leaf length x width | |
| Vein pairs | 6-9 |
| Leaf color | green |
| Variegation | |
| Leaf | |
| Petiole | red |
| Scape | brown-red |
| Scape height | 40 cm (16 in.) |
| Flower | deep lavender |
| Flower length | |
| Fragrant | |
| Flowering period | August - September |
| Fertile | yes/breeder |
| Pod | dark green |
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| Patents | |
| Info | =kikutii var. polyneuron 'Katsuragawa Beni'. An outstanding rarity from Japan, the red from the petioles speckles into the wavy, green leaves. It was found in the wild by Mr. Hiroshi Masaoka at Nomura village on Shikoku Island. It was tentatively named 'Katsuragawa Beni' (Beni = red in Japanese) by Mr. Toshiro Shimizu [Toyozo]. According to it's DNA it is close to the kikutii complex. |
| Sports | |
| Progeny | 'A Dog of Flanders' seedling 'Disco Inferno' = PP x 'Funky Monkey' 'Holar Red Wine' = 'Harry van de Laar' x PP 'Maryland Longhorns' seedling 'Miss Ruby' hybrid 'Nello and Patrasche' seedling 'Pebble Creek Aberdeen Mountain' = 'El Niño' x PP 'Pebble Creek Five Stones' = 'Betty Blake' x PP 'Red Alert' hybrid 'Red Corvette' = 'Almost' x PP 'Red Legged Plover' = 'Kokuryu' x PP 'Red Rover' = PP x 'Uncle Albert' 'Valley's Tonkatsu' = 'Goldbrook Grebe' x PP |