Isodon inflexus

Family	Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae)
Subfamily	Nepetoideae
Tribe	Ocimeae
Scientific name	Isodon inflexus (Thunberg) Kudô
Synonyms	Amethystanthus inflexus (Thunberg) Nakai; Isodon inflexus (Thunberg) Kudô forma leucanthus (Nakai) H. Hara; Ocimum inflexum Thunberg; Plectranthus dubius Vahl; Plectranthus inflexus (Thunberg) Vahl ex Bentham; Plectranthus inflexus (Thunberg) Vahl ex Bentham forma macrophyllus (Maximovicz) Kitagawa; Plectranthus inflexus (Thunberg) Vahl ex Bentham var. canescens Nakai; Plectranthus inflexus (Thunberg) Vahl ex Bentham var. macrophyllus Maximowicz; Rabdosia inflexa (Thunberg) H. Hara; Rabdosia inflexa (Thunberg) H. Hara var. macrophylla (Maxim.) H. Hara
Common name	(Japanese common name) yama hakka (ヤマハッカ, 山薄荷 [meaning: mountain mint])
	(English common name) none
Distribution	(Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
	(Other nations) Korea, China
Habitat	Mountane field or forest edge
Chromosomal number	2n=24
Description	Plants 40-100cm tall. Leaves 3-6cm long, 2-4cm wide, hairy. Flowers calyxs 2.5 -3mm long (after flowering 5-6mm long), pale blue corollas 7-9mm long, flowering in September to October. Fruits ca. 1.3mm long. Perennial plants.
Reference	Isodon inflexus (Thunb.) Kudô
	Isodon inflexus (Thunberg) Kudô
	Polymerizable composition, optical material comprising the composition and method for producing the material (US Patent 20070149639)

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