Linaria vulgaris




Family Plantaginaceae (also placed in Scrophulariaceae; Veronicaceae)
Tribe Antirrhineae
Scientific name Linaria vulgaris P. Miller
Synonyms Antirrhinum commune Lamarck; Antirrhinum glandulosum Lejeune; Antirrhinum linaria L.; Antirrhinum linarioides L.; Antirrhinum ochroleucum Salisbury; Linaria acutiloba Fischer ex Reichenbach; Linaria angustifolia Wenderoth, non Reichenbach; Linaria intermedia Schur, non Babey; Linaria linaria (L.) H. Karsten; Linaria prostrata Boenninghausen; Linaria quadrifolia Hance; Linaria vulgaris Hill, non P. Miller
Common name (Japanese common name) hoso-ba un-ran (ホソバウンラン, 細葉海蘭 [meaning: narrow leaved coastal orchid]), seiyou un-ran (セイヨウウンラン, 西洋海蘭 [meaning: European coastal orchid])
(English common name) butter-and-eggs, common toadflax, wild snapdragon, yellow toadflax
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Turky, Europa
Habital Fields, roadside
Chromosomal number 2n=12
Description Plants 30-100cm tall. Leaves 1.5-8cm long, 1-3cm wide. Flowers yellow corollas 1-1.5cm, flowering in July to October. Perennial plants.
Reference Linaria vulgaris Mill.
Linaria vulgaris Miller
Linaria vulgaris
Herbicidal compositions (US Patent 4140517/1979)
Acids and esters of 5-(2-optionally substituted-4-trifluoromethyl-6-optionally substituted phenoxy)-2-nitro, -halo, or-cyano alpha substituted phenyl carboxy oximes, and method of controlling weeds with them (US Patent 4344789/1982)
Mannitol oxidoreductase isolated from vascular plants (US Patent 5268288/1993)
Polynucleotides and polypeptides that confer increased biomass and tolerance to cold, water deprivation and low nitrogen to plants (US Patent 7196245/2007)
Mixture of seeds for recultivating problematic surfaces (European Patent EP1021946/2000)
Hair restoring and growing agent (Japanese Patent JP11171733/1999)
Note Naturalized plants (introduced in 1912). However, some authors may exame about possibility of native existance in Central region of Japan.



October 2006
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
October 2006
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden



September 2007
at roadside
September 2007
at roadside