Lindernia antipoda

Family	Linderniaceae (also placed in Scrophulariaceae)
Scientific name	Lindernia antipoda (L.) Alston
Synonyms	Bonnaya antipoda (Linnaeus) Druce; Bonnaya veronicifolia (Retzius) Sprengel; Bonnaya veronicifolia (Retzius) Sprengel var. grandiflora (Retzius) Hooker f.; Bonnaya veronicifolia (Retzius) Sprengel var. verbenaefolia (Colsmann) Hooker f.; Gratiola grandiflora Retzius; Gratiola verbenaefolia Colsmann; Gratiola veronicifolia Retzius; Ilysanthes antipoda (L.) Merrill; Lindernia anagallis (Burman f.) Pennell var. grandiflora (Retzius) Mukerjee; Lindernia verbenaefolia (Colsmann) Pennell; Lindernia veronicifolia (Retzius) F. Mueller; Vandellia anagallis (Burman f.) T. Yamazaki var. verbenaefolia (Colsmann) T. Yamazaki; Vandellia antipoda (L.) T. Yamazaki; Vandellia veronicifolia (Retzius) Haines; Ruellia antipoda L.
Common name	(Japanese common name) suzume-no-togarashi [Sparrow pepper = small pepper]
	(English common name) sparrow false pimpernel
Distribution	(Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
	(Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indochina, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Micronesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka
Habitat	Swamp
Chromosomal number	unknown
Description	Plants 8-20cm tall. Leaves 2-4cm long, 5-10mm wide. Flowers pale purple corollas ca. 1cm, flowering in August to October. Annual plants.
Reference	Lindernia antipoda (L.) Alston
	Lindernia antipoda (Linnaeus) Alston
	Uracil compounds and use thereof (US Patent 6403534/2002)
	Substituted imide derivatives (US Patent 6806292/2004)
	Sucrose-6-phosphate phosphatase as target for herbicides (US Patent 7374899/2008)
	Dihydroorotase extracted from plants (US Patent 7320877/2008)

October 2007 at rice paddy	October 2007 at rice paddy	October 2007 at rice paddy

October 2007 at rice paddy