Lobelia chinensis




Family Campanulaceae
Subfamily Lobelioideae
Scientific name Lobelia chinensis Loureiro
Synonyms Dortmannia campanuloides (Thunberg) Kuntze; Dortmannia chinensis Kuntze; Dortmannia radicans (Thunberg) Kuntze; Isolobus kerii A. de Candolle; Isolobus radicans (Thunberg) A. de Candolle; Isolobus roxburghianus A. de Candolle; Lobelia caespitosa Blume; Lobelia campanuloides Thunberg; Lobelia erinus Thunberg; Lobelia radicans Thunberg; Pratia radicans (Thunberg) G. Don; Pratia thunbergii G. Don; Rapuntium caespitosum C. Presl; Rapuntium campanuloides C. Presl; Rapuntium chinensis C. Presl; Rapuntium radicans C. Presl
Common name (Japanese common name) aze-mushiro (アゼムシロ, 畦筵 [meaning: straw mat covering rice paddy path]), mizo-kakushi (ミゾカクシ, 溝隠 [meaning: swamp cover])
(English common name) Chinese lobelia
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan, Malaysia, India
Habitat Swamp, rice paddy path
Chromosomal number 2n=42
Description Plants creeping 3-15cm tall. Leaves 1-2cm long, 2-4mm wide. Flower pale pink corollas ca. 1.5-3.0cm acriss, flowering in July to October. Fruits 5-7mm long, 0.3-0.4mm long. Perennial plants.
Reference Lobelia chinensis Lour.
Anti-neoplastic drug (US Patent 6911221/2005)



June 2007
at rice paddy
June 2007
at rice paddy
June 2007
at rice paddy



June 2007
at rice paddy
June 2007
at rice paddy