Wahlenbergia marginata (Thunberg) A. de Candolle

Wahlenbergia marginata

Family	Campanulaceae
Subfamily	Campanuloideae
Scientific name	Wahlenbergia marginata (Thunberg) A. de Candolle
Synonyms	Campanopsis marginata (Thunberg) Kuntze; Campanula agrestis Wallich; Campanula dehiscens Roxburgh ex Wallich; Campanula gracilis G. Forster; Campanula gracilis G. Forster var. capillaris R. Brown; Campanula gracilis G. Forster var. littoralis (Labillardiere) R. Brown; Campanula indica (A. de Candolle) D. Dietrich; Campanula lavandulifolia Reinwardt ex Blume; Campanula littoralis Labillardiere; Campanula marginata Thunberg; Campanula quadrifida R. Brown; Campanula sieberi (A. de Candolle) D. Dietrich; Cervicina gracilis (G. Forster) Britten; Lightfootia gracilis (G. Forster) Miquel; Lightfootia gracilis (G. Forster) Miquel var. lavandulifolia (Reinwardt ex Blume) Miqel; Lobelia dubia Vriese; Wahlenbergia agrestis (Wallich) A. de Candolle; Wahlenbergia bivalvis Merrill; Wahlenbergia dehiscens (Roxburgh ex Wallich) A. de Candolle; Wahlenbergia gracilenta Lothian; Wahlenbergia gracilis (G. Forster) A. de Candolle; Wahlenbergia gracilis (G. Forster) A. de Candolle forma littoralis (Labillardiere) Wawra; Wahlenbergia gracilis (G. Forster) A. de Candolle forma multicaulis (Bentham) Wawra; Wahlenbergia gracilis (G. Forster) A. de Candolle var. capillaris (R. Brown) A. de Candolle; Wahlenbergia gracilis (G. Forster) A. de Candolle var. hirsuta Junghuhn; Wahlenbergia gracilis (G. Forster) A. de Candolle var. littoralis (Labillardiere) A. de Candolle; Wahlenbergia indica A. de Candolle; Wahlenbergia lavandulifolia (Reinwardt ex Blume) A. de Candolle; Wahlenbergia multicaulis Bentham; Wahlenbergia quadrifida (R. Brown) A. de Candolle; Wahlenbergia sieberi A. de Candolle; Wahlenbergia simplicaulis Vriese
Common name	(Japanese common name) hina-gikyou (ヒナギキョウ, 雛桔梗 [meaning: tiny balloonflower])
Common name	(English common name) southern rockbell, sprawling bluebell
Distribution	(Japan) Honshu (west of Kanto region), Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
Distribution	(Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan, Nalaysia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka
Habitat	Field
Chromosomal number	2n=36, 54, 72
Description	Plants electing 20-40cm tall. Leaves 2-4cm long, 3-8mm wide. Flowers blue corolla 5-8mm, flowering in May to August. Perennial plants.
Reference	Wahlenbergia marginata (Thunb.) A. DC.
	Wahlenbergia marginata (Thunb.) A.DC.
	Wahlenbergia marginata (Thunb.) A. DC.
	Wahlenbergia gracilis (G.Forst.) A.DC.
	Vinylogous 4-Hpyrones and their use in promoting plant growth (WIPO Patent WO/2005/061515)
	Agent for hair growth (European Patent EP1915997/2008)


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