Japanese name: オオヒキヨモギ（大引蓬） Scientific name:Siphonostegia laeta
[Overview]
An annual 30–70 cm tall, found in slightly dry grasslands in regions of low rainfall.
It is a semi-parasitic plant.
The whole plant is densely covered with glandular hairs and is sticky.
The leaves are opposite on the lower part of the stem and alternate on the upper part, ovate, 1.5–3 cm long and 1.2–2 cm wide, and deeply pinnately divided.
Flowers are borne singly in the leaf axils on the upper part of the stem; they are yellow, lip-shaped and 2.8 cm long.
The upper lip is helmet-shaped, sometimes tinged with purple, and does not narrow at the tip or divide into 2 lobes.
The lower lip is 3-lobed.
The calyx is densely covered with glandular hairs.
The fruit is a capsule enclosed by the calyx.
