Isodon inflexus / Yamahakka

Wild plants in and around Shimane 島根とその周辺の野生植物
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Isodon inflexus / Yamahakka ヤマハッカ
Bloom time: September-October.

Family:	Lamiaceae / Shisoka		Species in the genus Isodon:
			Isodon inflexus / Yamahakka Isodon inflexus f. leucanthu / Shirobanayamahakka Isodon japonicus / Hikiokoshi Isodon longitubus / Akichouji Isodon longitubus f. albiflora / Shirobanaakichouji Isodon shikokianus var. intermedius / Takakumahikiokoshi Isodon shikokiana var. occidentalis / San'inhikiokoshi Isodon shikokiana var. occidentalis f. albiflorus / Shirobanasan'inhikiokoshi Isodon trichocarpus / Kurobanahikiokoshi Isodon umbrosus / Inuyamahakka
		Isodon inflexus / Yamahakka ヤマハッカ

Isodon inflexus, a perennial of 0.4-1m in height, occurs at the forest edges in fields and mountains. Leaves are opposite; the margins are coarsely serrated, in the shape of a broad oval, each 3-6cm in length, the base abruptly becoming narrow to follow the wing portion of the petioles. Blue-purple flowers, 7-9mm in size, bloom in slender spikes - upper lips cleft in four, lower lips make the shape of a boat. Bloom time: September-October.

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