Family | Linderniaceae (also placed in Scrophulariaceae) |
Scientific name | Lindernia procumbens (Krocker) Borbas |
Synonyms | Anagalloides procumbens Krocker; Lindernia erecta (Bentham) Bonati; Lindernia pyxidaria L.; Torenia quinquenervis Llanos; Vandellia erecta Bentham; Vandellia pyxidaria (L.) Maximovicz |
Common name | (Japanese common name) aze-na [rice paddy path salad green weed] |
(English common name) prostrate false pimpernel, false pimpernel | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
(Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Indonesia, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Caucasus, Afganistan, Iran, Europe | |
Habitat | Swamp |
Chromosomal number | 2n=30 |
Description | Plants 10-20cm tall. Leaves 1.5-3cm long, 5-12mm wide. Flowers white and pale purple corollas 6mm, 4 complete stamens (2 longer stamens and 2 shorter stamens), flowering in August to October. Annual plants. |
Reference | Lindernia procumbens (Krocker) Borbas |
Lindernia procumbens (Krock.) Philcox | |
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) |
August 2007 at roadside |
August 2007 at roadside |
September 2006 at rice paddy |
September 2006 at rice paddy |
September 2006 at rice paddy |
September 2006 at rice paddy |
September 2006 at rice paddy |
September 2006 at rice paddy |