Lobelia sessilifolia




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