Family | Campanulaceae |
Subfamily | Lobelioideae |
Scientific name | Lobelia sessilifolia Lambert, non Willdenow ex Schultes |
Synonyms | Lobelia camtschatica Pallas ex Roemer & Schultes; Lobelia salicifolia Fischer ex Trautvetter, non Sweet; Lobelia saligna Fischer; Rapuntium kamtschaticum C. Presl |
Common name | (Japanese common name) sawa-gikyo (サワギキョウ, 沢桔梗 [meaning: swamp lobelia]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
(Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Taiwan | |
Habitat | Mountane swamp |
Chromosomal number | 2n=28 |
Description | Plants 50-100cm tall. Leaves 4-7cm long, 5-15mm wide. Flowers blue 4-5cm across, 5 stamens, flowering in August to September. Fruits 0.5-5mm long, seeds ca. 2mm long. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Lobelia sessilifolia Lamb. |
Cosmetic composition containing polyorganosiloxane-containing epsilon-polylysine polymer, and polyhydric alcohol, and production thereof (European Patent EP1604647/2008) |
September 2006 at high marsh |
September 2006 at high marsh |
September 2006 at high marsh |
August 2008 at Nikko Botanical garden |
August 2008 at Nikko Botanical garden |
August 2008 at Nikko Botanical garden |