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 |