Clinopodium multicaule var. multicaule ("Yamatobana")

Japanese name: ヤマトウバナ （山塔花）
Scientific name: Clinopodium multicaule var. multicaule

[Overview]
A perennial 10–25 cm tall, found in the shade of trees in the mountains.
The stems form a clump and are square in cross section.
Leaves are simple and opposite, ovate, 1.5–5 cm long and 1–2.5 cm wide, with coarsely toothed margins.
The leaf stalk is 0.3–1 cm.
A whorled cyme at the stem tip bears small white lipped flowers, sometimes tinged with pale pink.
The fruit is a schizocarp.

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