Plant Encyclopedia
Wahlenbergia marginata (Southern rockbell, "Hinagikyo")
Japanese name: ヒナギキョウ （雛桔梗）
Scientific name: Wahlenbergia marginata
[Overview]
A perennial 10–50 cm tall, found along sunny roadsides and similar places.
The stem is slender, ridged, and slightly branched.
Leaves are simple and alternate, spatulate to oblanceolate, 2–4 cm long, and those on the upper part of the stem are narrower.
The leaf margin is entire or has wavy teeth.
The flowers bloom singly, facing upward, at the tips of long flower stalks.
The corolla is purple and deeply divided into 5 lobes, forming a star shape.
The fruit is an obconical capsule that stands erect, with the calyx lobes remaining at the top.
Details
Names
English: Southern rockbell
Japanese: ヒナギキョウ（雛桔梗）
Japanese: ヒナギキョウ（雛桔梗）
Life form
Perennial
Habit
Terrestrial
Flowering season
May, June, July, August
Distribution or origin
Japan (Honshu: Kanto region and westward to Ryukyu), East to Southeast Asia, Polynesia, Australia, New Zealand, northeastern North America
Height
100–500 mm
Leaf shape
Simple leaf (unlobed)
Leaf arrangement
Alternate
Leaf margin
Entire, Serrate
Inflorescence
Solitary
Flower color
Purple
Leaf color
Green
Translated from our Japanese encyclopedia. If anything differs, the Japanese page is correct.