Clinopodium micranthum var. micranthum ("Inutobana")

Japanese name: イヌトウバナ （犬塔花）
Scientific name: Clinopodium micranthum var. micranthum

[Overview]
A perennial 20–50 cm tall, found in the shade of trees in the mountains.
The stems form a clump; the base creeps along the ground and roots, the upper part branches, and the stem is square in cross section.
The stems are sparsely hairy.
Leaves are simple and opposite, ovate, 2–3 cm long and 1–2.5 cm wide, with toothed margins.
The leaf stalk is 0.5–2 cm.
Whorled cymes 2–5 cm long at the stem tips and on the branches bear small white lipped flowers tinged with pale purple.
The fruit is a schizocarp.

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