Japanese name: ツクシタツナミソウ（筑紫立浪草） Scientific name:Scutellaria kiusiana
[Overview]
A perennial 10–30 cm tall, found in evergreen forests.
The stem is square in cross section and, except at the base, has upward-curved hairs.
Leaves are simple and opposite, long ovate to triangular long ovate, 1.5–4 cm long and 1–2.5 cm wide, becoming smaller toward the upper part of the stem.
The upper surface of the leaf often has pale green blotches along the veins, and the underside is tinged with purple.
Both surfaces of the leaf have curved hairs.
The leaf margin has 4–7 pairs of teeth.
The petiole is 1–3 cm long.
A raceme 2–5 cm long at the stem tip bears flowers turned to one side.
The corolla is purple, 1.5–2 cm long, and lipped; the tube bends 90 degrees at the base and stands up, the upper lip is helmet-shaped, and the lower lip is 3-lobed.
The fruit is a schizocarp.
