Japanese name: ヒキヨモギ（引蓬） Scientific name:Siphonostegia chinensis
[Overview]
An annual 30–70 cm tall, found in sunny grasslands in the lowland mountains.
It is a semi-parasitic plant.
The whole plant is rather densely covered with short hairs.
The leaves are opposite on the lower part of the stem and alternate on the upper part, ovate, 1.5–5 cm long and 1–3 cm wide, and deeply 3-lobed.
The lobes are broadly linear and are further divided into a few lobes.
Flowers are borne singly in the leaf axils on the upper part of the stem; they are bright yellow, lip-shaped and 2.8 cm long.
The upper lip is helmet-shaped, sometimes tinged with purple, and narrows at the tip into 2 lobes.
The lower lip is 3-lobed.
The calyx bears curved short hairs.
The fruit is a capsule enclosed by the calyx.
