Taxon: Limnophila sessiliflora Blume

Summary

Genus:

Limnophila

Family:

Plantaginaceae

Tribe:

Gratioleae

Nomen number:

316416

Place of publication:

Bijdr. 749. 1826 "sessiflora"

Protologue link:

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/429443

Comment:

Bentham (in Scroph. Ind. 25. 1835 and in Wallich, Numer. List 137. 1831) appears to have been the first to correct Blume's spelling, and this correction has been universally adopted
although many authors cite Hottonia sessiliflora Vahl as a basionym, no connection can be made between Blume's and Vahl's names

Verified:

02/27/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Hottonia sessiliflora Vahl

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)

University of Georgia Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health
APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960-. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam. Note: lists as Limnophila sessiliflora (Vahl) Blume
Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. Note: lists as Limnophila sessiliflora (Vahl) Blume
Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. Note: lists as Limnophila sessiliflora (Vahl) Blume
FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim. Note: lists as Limnophila sessiliflora (Vahl) Blume
Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan. Note: lists as Limnophila sessiliflora (Vahl) Blume
Koncki, N. G. & M. F. J. Aronson. 2017. Invasion risk in a warmer world: modeling range expansion and habitat preferences of three nonnative aquatic invasive plants. Invasive Pl. Sci. Managm. 8:436-449. DOI: 10.1614/IPSM-D-15-00020.1.
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Plant Protection and Quarantine Office. United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Federal noxious weed list (on-line resource).
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Limnophila sessiliflora (Vahl) Blume
Yamada, S. et al. 2010. Landform type and land improvement intensity affect floristic composition in rice paddy fields from central Japan. Weed Res. 51:51-62. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3180.2010.00815.x. Note: as Limnophila sessiliflora (Vahl) Blume

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	note	seq	Citation
English	ambulia			1	Plant Protection and Quarantine Office. United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Federal noxious weed list (on-line resource).
Transcribed Chinese	shi long wei			2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Limnophila sessiliflora (Vahl) Blume

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note	Reference
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Anhui Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Limnophila sessiliflora (Vahl) Blume
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Fujian Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Limnophila sessiliflora (Vahl) Blume
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Guangdong Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Limnophila sessiliflora (Vahl) Blume
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Limnophila sessiliflora (Vahl) Blume
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Henan Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Limnophila sessiliflora (Vahl) Blume
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Hunan Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Limnophila sessiliflora (Vahl) Blume
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Jiangsu Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Limnophila sessiliflora (Vahl) Blume
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Jiangxi Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Limnophila sessiliflora (Vahl) Blume
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Liaoning Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Limnophila sessiliflora (Vahl) Blume
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Sichuan Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Limnophila sessiliflora (Vahl) Blume
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Yunnan Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Limnophila sessiliflora (Vahl) Blume
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Zhejiang Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Limnophila sessiliflora (Vahl) Blume
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Japan	Honshu	s.	Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan. Note: lists as Limnophila sessiliflora (Vahl) Blume
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Japan	Kyushu		Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan. Note: lists as Limnophila sessiliflora (Vahl) Blume
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Japan	Ryukyu Islands		Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan. Note: lists as Limnophila sessiliflora (Vahl) Blume
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Japan	Shikoku		Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan. Note: lists as Limnophila sessiliflora (Vahl) Blume
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Korea			Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Limnophila sessiliflora (Vahl) Blume
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Taiwan			Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Limnophila sessiliflora (Vahl) Blume
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Bhutan			Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Limnophila sessiliflora (Vahl) Blume
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India		e.	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Limnophila sessiliflora (Vahl) Blume
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Nepal			Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Sri Lanka			Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. Note: lists as Limnophila sessiliflora (Vahl) Blume
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Myanmar			Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Limnophila sessiliflora (Vahl) Blume
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Vietnam			Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Limnophila sessiliflora (Vahl) Blume
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia	Jawa		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Limnophila sessiliflora (Vahl) Blume
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia	Kalimantan
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Malaysia			Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Limnophila sessiliflora (Vahl) Blume
2	Cultivated	Northern America		United States		occasionally	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4	Naturalized	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	Texas		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Florida		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Georgia		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Louisiana		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	California		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.

Native
Asia-Temperate

CHINA: China [Anhui Sheng, Fujian Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Henan Sheng, Hunan Sheng, Jiangsu Sheng, Jiangxi Sheng, Liaoning Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Yunnan Sheng, Zhejiang Sheng]
EASTERN ASIA: Korea, Japan [Honshu (s.), Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands, Shikoku], Taiwan

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bhutan, India (e.), Sri Lanka, Nepal
INDO-CHINA: Myanmar, Vietnam
MALESIA: Indonesia [Jawa, Kalimantan], Malaysia

Cultivated
Northern America

REGION: United States (occasionally)

Naturalized
Northern America

SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida, Georgia, Louisiana]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California]

Reference(s)

Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. Note: lists as Limnophila sessiliflora (Vahl) Blume
FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan. Note: lists as Limnophila sessiliflora (Vahl) Blume
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Limnophila sessiliflora (Vahl) Blume

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	ornamental		Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Environmental	ornamental	aquarium plant	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Weed		of freshwater habitats	Koncki, N. G. & M. F. J. Aronson. 2017. Invasion risk in a warmer world: modeling range expansion and habitat preferences of three nonnative aquatic invasive plants. Invasive Pl. Sci. Managm. 8:436-449. DOI: 10.1614/IPSM-D-15-00020.1.
Weed		of freshwater habitats and rice fields	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Weed		of rice fields in Japan	Yamada, S. et al. 2010. Landform type and land improvement intensity affect floristic composition in rice paddy fields from central Japan. Weed Res. 51:51-62. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3180.2010.00815.x. Note: as Limnophila sessiliflora (Vahl) Blume
Weed	seed contaminant	potential	Plant Protection and Quarantine Office. United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Federal noxious weed list (on-line resource).

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=316416. Accessed 11 May 2026.