Mazus pumilus




Family Phrymaceae (also placed in Scrophulariaceae)
Scientific name Mazus pumilus (N. L. Burman) Steenis
Synonyms Hornemannia bicolor Willdenow; Lindernia japonica Thunberg; Lobelia pumila N. L. Burman; Mazus japonicus (Thunberg) Kuntze; Mazus rugosus Loureiro; Mazus vandellioidesHance ex Hemsley; Tittmannia obovataBunge; Vandellia obovata Walpers
Common name (Japanese common name) tokiwa-haze (トキワハゼ, 常盤爆 [meaning: four seasons haze (haze = roasted rice)])
(English common name) Japanese mazus
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, New Guinea, Nepal, Bhutan, India.
Habitat Swamp, farm yard, roadside
Chromosomal number 2n=40
Description Plants 5-15cm tall. Leaves 2-6cm long, 8-15mm wide. Flowers 1-1.2cm, flowering in April to October. Annual plants.
Reference Mazus pumilus (N. L. Burman) Steenis
Mazus pumilus (Burm. f.) Steenis
Genecology and Reproductive Systems of Weedy Mazus Species, M.Miquelii, Scrophulariaceae
Pyrazolone derivatives and their use as herbicides (US Patent 4036631/1977)
Substituted phenyl (thiono)carbamates, herbicidal compositions containing the same as active ingredient and method of controlling weeds (US Patent 4491465/1985)
Organic acid esters of 4-benzoyl-5-hydroxy(mercapto)pyrazoles (US Patent 4687858/1987)



September 2006
at rice paddy
August 2007
at roadside
August 2007
at roadside



August 2007
at roadside