Japanese name: キランソウ（金瘡小草） Scientific name:Ajuga decumbens var. decumbens
A perennial that grows in clusters pressed against the ground along roadsides, embankments, and woodland edges.
The whole plant is covered with many white hairs.
The stems radiate out and creep along the ground, but do not root at the nodes.
Leaves are opposite, oblong-spoon-shaped, 3–6 cm long and 2–4 cm wide, with large wavy teeth with rounded tips on the margin.
The leaves are tinged with reddish purple.
The flowers grow a few at a time in the leaf axils and are deep purple.
The flowers are lipped, about 1 cm long; the upper lip is 2-lobed, and the lower lip is 3-lobed with a large central lobe and deep purple streaks.
