Lindernia micrantha




Family Linderniaceae (also placed in Scrophulariaceae)
Scientific name Lindernia micrantha D. Don
Synonyms Lindernia angustifolia (Bentham) Wettstein; Lindernia angustifolia (Bentham) Bonati; Lindernia cymulosa (Miquel) Matsumura; Pyxidaria cymulosa (Miquel) Kuntze; Tittmannia angustifolia Bentham; Vandellia angustifolia Bentham; Vandellia cymulosa Miquel
Common name (Japanese common name) aze-tougarashi [rice paddy path sweet pepper weed]
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Indonesia, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka
Habitat Swamp
Chromosomal number unknown
Description Plants 8-25cm tall. Leaves 1-3cm long. Flowers white corollas 1cm, flowering in August to October. Annual plants.
Reference Lindernia micrantha D. Don
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)



September 2006
at lowland swamp
September 2006
at lowland swamp
September 2006
at lowland swamp



September 2006
at lowland swamp
September 2006
at lowland swamp
September 2006
at lowland swamp