Mazus pumilus

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Species Distribution Map
Family:MAZACEAE
Species:Mazus pumilus (Burm. f.) Steenis
Common Name:Japanese Mazus; Asian Mazus
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Annual
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:MAPU7
Plant Notes:Asian Mazus is an introduced annual or weekly perennial herbaceous species in the Mazus family (Mazaceae). It has variously been placed in the Scrophulariaceae or the Phrymaceae. Asian Mazus is native to the Himalayas from Kashmir to China, Japan, Korea and eastern Russia, south through Vietnam and Thailand to Indonesia and the Philippines. It can be found throughout Alabama. It grows in lawns, in flower beds, along creeks and rivers, in greenhouses, and on wet roadsides. It is a low-growing plant reaching only 2-3 inches in height. It has a fibrous root system and the leaves form a basal rosette. The leaves are obovate to spathulate in outline, slightly pubescent, with serrate or entire margins. The leaves on the erect stems are few, reduced in size, petiolate and opposite. The leaves are often reddish-purple on the lower surface. Flowers are produced in terminal racemes. The flowers are solitary along the raceme in the axils of alternate bracts. The calyx is 5 parted, green in color, and bell shaped. The corolla is 2-lipped with the lower lip projecting and 3-lobed. The central lobe is smaller than the lateral lobes. The corolla is white or blue with orange spots in the throat. The corolla is pubescent within. The fruit is a capsule. Asian Mazus often occurs as a weed in nursery beds and greenhouses, from which it spreads to other areas as a hitch-hiker in pots.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Not Native, FAC (NWI)
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyMAZACEAE - Mazus family
Genus Mazus
Species Mazus pumilus (Burm. f.) Steenis - Japanese Mazus; Asian Mazus

Citation

Citation Mazus pumilus (Burman f.) Steenis, Nova Guinea, n.s. 9(1): 31. 1958.
Basionym: Lobelia pumila Burm. f. 1768.
Type: INDIA: Without data (lectotype: Burman f., Fl. Indica t. 60(3). 1768). Lectotypified by L. H. Cramer, in Dassanayake & Fosberg, Revis. Handb. Fl. Ceylon 3: 446. 1981.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Lindernia japonica Lindernia japonica Thunberg, Fl. Jap. 253. 1784. JAPAN
Lobelia pumila Lobelia pumila Burman f., Fl. Indica 186, t. 60(3). 1768. INDIA: Without data (lectotype: Burman f., Fl. Indica t. 60(3). 1768). Lectotypified by Cramer, in Dassanayake & Fosberg, Revis. Handb. Fl. Ceylon 3: 446. 1981.
Mazus rugosus Mazus rugosus Loureiro, Fl. Cochinch. 358. 1790.  
Mazus japonicus Mazus japonicus (Thunberg) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 462. 1891.Lindernia japonica Thunberg 1784. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Cullman, Dale, Dallas, DeKalb, Escambia, Etowah, Greene, Houston, Lawrence, Lee, Limestone, Marengo, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Pike, Shelby, St. Clair, Sumter, Talladega, Tuscaloosa

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL, UWFP

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1968 - 1979

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
AUA000038210 Limestone 4 Mar 2017 England, J. Kevin
7168		 AUA
Mazus Pumilus (Burm. F.) Steenis
TROY000037366 Butler 02 Feb 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
23704		 TROY
Mazus pumilus (Burman f.) Steenis
UWAL0004108 Covington 12 Nov 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18665		 UWAL
Mazus pumilus (Burm. f.) Steenis
UWAL0050586 Sumter 15 Mar 2021 Ryan, Emma D.
16		 UWAL
Mazus pumilus (Burman f.) Steenis
TROY000032238 Lawrence 22 Mar 2009 England, J. Kevin
1679		 TROY
Mazus pumilus (Burman f.) Steenis
UWAL0009997 Shelby 20 Mar 2010 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13227		 UWAL
Mazus pumilus (Burm. f.) Steenis
JSU132332 Calhoun 17 Aug 1986 Lawler, Carol L.
969		 JSU
Mazus pumilus (Burman f.) Steenis
TROY000037082 Bullock 21 Feb 2013 Dykes, Bailee
1512		 TROY
Mazus pumilus (Burman f.) Steenis
UWAL0018727 Calhoun 18 Mar 2011 England, J. Kevin
2688		 UWAL
Mazus pumilus (Burman f.) Steenis
TROY000041784 Dallas 22 Oct 2012 Webb, Wayne K.
s.n.		 TROY
Mazus pumilus (Burman f.) Steenis
TROY000036193 Limestone 28 Mar 2012 Keener, Brian R.
7001		 TROY
Mazus pumilus (Burman f.) Steenis
JSU132337 Etowah 4 Sep 1995 Hodge-Spaulding, Lesley M.
4326		 JSU
Mazus pumilus (Burman f.) Steenis
UNA00062157 Conecuh 27 Mar 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14305		 UNA
Mazus pumilus (Burm. f.) Steenis
JSU132336 Cleburne 9 Apr 1995 Hruska, Susan E.
617		 JSU
Mazus pumilus (Burman f.) Steenis
AUA_ACC_41501 Lee 8 May 1972 Cox, J.E.
94		 AUA
Mazus Pumilus (Burm. F.) Steenis
TROY000009091 Escambia 18 Nov 2004 Searcy, Darryl
s.n.		 TROY
Mazus pumilus (Burman f.) Steenis
UWFP017253 Baldwin 15 May 1992 James R. Burkhalter
13238		 UWFP
Mazus pumilus (Burman f.) Steenis
UWAL0048102 Barbour 17 Mar 2019 Horne, Howard E.
4753		 UWAL
Mazus pumilus (Burman f.) Steenis
TROY000009092 Pike 08 Nov 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
16055		 TROY
Mazus pumilus (Burman f.) Steenis
UWAL0014836 Bullock 21 Feb 2013 Dykes, Bailee
1512		 UWAL
Mazus pumilus (Burman f.) Steenis
SAMF0007658 Calhoun 04 Apr 2021 Thompson, Madelyn
39		 SAMF
Mazus pumilus (Burman f.) Steenis
UNA00042162 St. Clair 15 May 1979 Haynes, Robert R.
7152		 UNA
Mazus pumilus (Burm. f.) Steenis
AUA000040373 Houston 3 Mar 2015 Barger, T. Wayne
DTP49		 AUA
Mazus Pumilus (Burm. F.) Steenis
UWAL0052875 Bibb 18 Aug 2019 Keener, Brian R.
11540		 UWAL
Mazus pumilis (Burm. f.) Steenis
AUA_ACC_60800 Lee 1 May 1964 Mcconnell, C.A.
S.N.		 AUA
Mazus Pumilus (Burm. F.) Steenis
UWFP017254 Baldwin 26 Mar 2014 James R. Burkhalter
24600		 UWFP
Mazus pumilus (Burman f.) Steenis
JSU132338 Houston 7 Mar 1992 Clearman, F.W., Jr.
037		 JSU
Mazus pumilus (Burman f.) Steenis
TROY000023827 Calhoun 13 Feb 1992 Harris, Christy
10		 TROY
Mazus pumilus (Burman f.) Steenis
UWAL0009862 Limestone 28 Mar 2012 Keener, Brian R.
7001		 UWAL
Mazus pumilus (Burm. f.) Steenis
UNA00058776 St. Clair 31 Mar 2006 Keener, Brian R.
2747		 UNA
Mazus pumilus (Burm. f.) Steenis
TROY000032457 Covington 12 Nov 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18665		 TROY
Mazus pumilus (Burman f.) Steenis
UWAL0004110 Marengo 01 Apr 2009 England, J. Kevin
1818		 UWAL
Mazus pumilus (Burm. f.) Steenis
UNA00042165 Tuscaloosa 12 Apr 1968 Sprinkle, Terry
33		 UNA
Mazus pumilus (Burm. f.) Steenis
UWAL0003046 Greene 10 Mar 2011 Keener, Brian R.
6332		 UWAL
Mazus pumilus (Burm. f.) Steenis
UWAL0047123 Autauga 06 Feb 2018 Parker, Matthew R.
1507		 UWAL
Mazus pumilus (Burman f.) Steenis
JSU139144 Shelby 11 Oct 1997 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10138		 JSU
Mazus pumilus (Burman f.) Steenis
SAMF0004736 Limestone 28 Mar 2012 Davenport, Lawrence J.
4996		 SAMF
Mazus pumilus (Burman f.) Steenis
TROY000023828 St. Clair 31 Mar 2006 Keener, Brian R.
2747		 TROY
Mazus pumilus (Burman f.) Steenis
JSU132333 Calhoun 28 Mar 1970 Landers, Kenneth E.
s.n.		 JSU
Mazus pumilus (Burman f.) Steenis
UWAL0004109 Lawrence 22 Mar 2009 England, J. Kevin
1679		 UWAL
Mazus pumilus (Burm. f.) Steenis
TROY000009089 Dale 20 Mar 2000 Pennington, Tiffany
439		 TROY
Mazus pumilus (Burman f.) Steenis
UWAL0046798 Autauga 24 Jan 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
336		 UWAL
Mazus pumilus (Burman f.) Steenis
JSU132334 Clay 2 Apr 1993 Ballard, J. Mark
1296		 JSU
Mazus pumilus (Burman f.) Steenis
UNA00054628 Blount 16 Jun 1998 Keener, Brian R.
983		 UNA
Mazus pumilus (Burm. f.) Steenis
AUA_ACC_39819 Conecuh 10 Mar 1985 Diamond, Alvin R.
169		 AUA
Mazus Pumilus (Burm. F.) Steenis
UNA00042161 Tuscaloosa 18 Apr 1975 Boyd, Bonnie
68		 UNA
Mazus pumilus (Burm. f.) Steenis
SAMF0004737 Monroe 02 May 2010 Davenport, Lawrence J.
4269		 SAMF
Mazus pumilus (Burman f.) Steenis
ALNHS00002894 Etowah 11 Apr 2014 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#1320		 ALNHS
Mazus pumilus (Burm. f.) Steenis
AUA_ACC_56687 Crenshaw 30 May 1996 Diamond, Alvin R.
10287		 AUA
Mazus Pumilus (Burm. F.) Steenis
TROY000049448 Marengo 12 Oct 2018 Diamond, Alvin R.
28537		 TROY
Mazus pumilus (Burman f.) Steenis
UWAL0043373 Baldwin 05 Sep 2002 Larsen, Harry S.
1053		 UWAL
Mazus pumilus (Burm. f.) Steenis
TROY000009087 Conecuh 07 Apr 2001 Diamond, Alvin R.
12353		 TROY
Mazus pumilus (Burman f.) Steenis
UWAL0014744 Dallas 22 Oct 2012 Webb, Wayne K.
s.n.		 UWAL
Mazus pumilus (Burm. f.) Steenis
JSU132339 St. Clair 7 May 1974 Atkinson, Tim A.
200		 JSU
Mazus pumilus (Burman f.) Steenis
TROY000037370 Montgomery 10 Mar 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
23779		 TROY
Mazus pumilus (Burman f.) Steenis
AUA000030233 Lee 17 Mar 2015 Barger, T. Wayne
CSP-12		 AUA
Mazus Pumilus (Burm. F.) Steenis
TROY000044736 Autauga 24 Jan 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
336		 TROY
Mazus pumilus (Burman f.) Steenis
ALNHS00002163 Covington 19 Jun 2013 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#1064		 ALNHS
Mazus pumilus (Burm. f.) Steenis
UWAL0013085 Butler 02 Feb 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
23704		 UWAL
Mazus pumilus (Burman f.) Steenis
TROY000009088 Conecuh 27 Mar 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14305		 TROY
Mazus pumilus (Burman f.) Steenis
UWAL0019429 Dallas 07 Apr 1993 Kral, Robert
82054		 UWAL
Mazus pumilus (Burm. f.) Steenis
UWAL0037836 DeKalb 14 May 2017 Spaulding, Daniel D.
14755		 UWAL
Mazus pumilus (Burm. f.) Steenis
UWAL0035175 Limestone 04 Mar 2017 England, J. Kevin
7168		 UWAL
Mazus pumilus (Burmann f.) Steenis
JSU132331 Calhoun 26 Apr 1987 Lawler, Carol L.
1553		 JSU
Mazus pumilus (Burman f.) Steenis
USAM000014497 Mobile 30 Apr 1980 Powers, Maureen T.
8		 USAM
Mazus japonicus (Thunberg) Kuntze
UWAL0037140 Talladega 26 Apr 2016 Spaulding, Daniel D.
14570		 UWAL
Mazus pumilus (Burm. f.) Steenis
UWAL0047048 Etowah 01 May 2004 Webb, David H.
6409		 UWAL
Mazus pumilus (Burm.f) Stennis
TROY000009090 Dale 14 Mar 2000 Prazinko, Brian F.
291		 TROY
Mazus pumilus (Burman f.) Steenis
UWAL0037173 Cullman 08 Apr 2016 Spaulding, Daniel D.
14479		 UWAL
Mazus pumilus (Burm. f.) Steenis
JSU132335 Clay 28 Sep 1992 Ballard, J. Mark
639		 JSU
Mazus pumilus (Burman f.) Steenis
UNA00042163 St. Clair 15 May 1979 Wiersema, John H.
694		 UNA
Mazus pumilus (Burm. f.) Steenis
AUA_ACC_39717 Lee 9 May 1972 Hale, A.R.
137		 AUA
Mazus Pumilus (Burm. F.) Steenis
UWAL0016966 Mobile 19 May 2013 Horne, Howard E.
2195		 UWAL
Mazus pumilus (Burm. f.) Steenis
UNA00073419 Lawrence 22 Mar 2009 England, J. Kevin
1679		 UNA
Mazus pumilus (Burm. f.) Steenis
AUA_ACC_53552 Pike 2 Dec 1993 Diamond, Alvin R.
8995		 AUA
Mazus Pumilus (Burm. F.) Steenis
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