| Family | Plantaginaceae (also placed in Scrophulariaceae; Veronicaceae) |
| Tribe | Antirrhineae |
| Scientific name | Linaria canadensis (L.) Chazelles de Prizy |
| Synonyms | Anarrhinum canadense (L.) Poiret; Antirrhinum canadense L.; Antirrhinum canadense L. var. assurgens Rafinesque; Linaria canadensis (L.) Chazelles de Prizy forma cleistogama Fernald; Nuttallanthus canadensis (L.) D. A. Sutton |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) matsu-ba un-ran (マツバウンラン, 松葉海蘭 [meaning: pine leaved coastal orchid]) |
| (English common name) blue toadflax, Canada toadflax, oldfield toadflax, toadflax | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (west of Kanto region), Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) [native] Canada, USA | |
| Habitat | Fields, roadside |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=12 |
| Description | Plants 30-60cm tall. Leaves 1-3cm long, 0.3-1mm wide. Flowers purple corollas 4mm, flowering in April to May. Winter annual plants. |
| Reference | Linaria canadensis (L.)Chaz. |
| Nuttallanthus canadensis (L.) D. A. Sutton | |
| Nuttallanthus canadensis (L.) D. A. Sutton | |
| Expression of foreign genes using a replicating polyprotein producing virus vector (US Patent 5491076/1996) | |
| Polynucleotides and polypeptides that confer increased biomass and tolerance to cold, water deprivation and low nitrogen to plants (US Patent 7196245/2007) | |
| Note | Naturalized plants (first discovered at Kyoto in 1941) |
| April 2007 at open field |
April 2007 at open field |
April 2007 at open field |