Campanulaceae
Chinese lobelia
Lobelia chinensis
- Family
- Campanulaceae
- Genus
- Lobelia
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Common names
By language (7)
- Chinese
- 半边莲, 半邊蓮, 急解索, 水仙花草, 瓜仁草, 细米草, 鐮麼仔草
- English
- Chinese lobelia
- Japanese
- ミゾカクシ
- Korean
- 수염가래꽃
- lzh
- 半邊蓮
- Persian
- لبلیا چینی
- Thai
- พระจันทร์ครึ่งซีก
Synonyms
- Dortmanna campanulodes Kuntze
- Dortmanna chinensis (Lour.) Kuntze
- Dortmanna radicans Kuntze
- Isolobus caespitosus Hassk.
- Isolobus campanuloides (Thunb.) A.DC.
- Isolobus kerii A.DC.
- Isolobus radicans A.DC.
- Isolobus roxburghianus A.DC.
- Lobelia caespitosa Blume
- Lobelia campanuloides Thunb.
- Lobelia chinensis f. lactiflora (Hisauti) H.Hara
- Lobelia chinensis f. plena (Makino) H.Hara
- Lobelia chinensis var. albiflora (E.Wimm.) E.Wimm.
- Lobelia chinensis var. tetrapetala Y.N.Lee
- Lobelia japonica F.Dietr.
- Lobelia kerii (A.DC.) Heynh.
- Lobelia radicans Thunb.
- Lobelia radicans f. lactiflora Hisauti
- Lobelia radicans f. plena Makino
- Lobelia radicans var. albiflora E.Wimm.
- Lobelia roxburgiana (A.DC.) Heynh.
- Pratia radicans G.Don
- Pratia thunbergii G.Don
- Rapuntium caespitosum C.Presl
- Rapuntium campanuloides (Thunb.) C.Presl
- Rapuntium chinense (Lour.) C.Presl
- Rapuntium chinensis C.Presl
- Rapuntium radicans C.Presl
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Lokionly, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Lokionly, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mokkie, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sun Jiao, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sun Jiao, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sun Jiao, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sun Jiao, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sun Jiao, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sun Jiao, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sun Jiao, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sun Jiao, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sun Jiao, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.