Lindernia procumbens




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