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 |