Registered by Dr. Dick and Jane Ward of Ohio in 1997, this is a reversed sport of H. 'Gold Standard'.  It forms a large size (20 inches high) mound of ovate shaped foliage with average substance. from mid-July into August, it bears pale lavender flowers on 36 inch tall scapes.

According to The Hostapedia by Mark Zilis (2009), it has a "...wide margin that turns gold on the same schedule as the gold center of 'Gold Standard'...first saw in 1986; have seen this mutation develop many times."

Hosta 'Sarah Jane' honors a granddaughter who is the sister of Laura.