| Family | Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae) |
| Subfamily | Nepetoideae |
| Tribe | Ocimeae |
| Scientific name | Isodon umbrosus (Maximovicz) H. Hara var. leucanthus (Murai) K. Asano forma kameba (Okuyama ex Ohwi) K. Asano |
| Synonyms | Amethystanthus excisus Nakai; Isodon excisus (Maximovicz) Kudô; Isodon excisus (Maximovicz) Kudô forma albiflorus (Sakata) H. Hara; Isodon kameba Okuyama ex Ohwi; Isodon kameba Okuyama ex Ohwi forma leucanthus (Murai) Okuyama; Isodon umbrosus (Maximovicz) H. Hara var. leucanthus (Murai) K. Asano forma leucanthus (Murai) K. Asano; Plectranthus excisus auct. non Maximovicz; Plectranthus kameba (Okuyama) Ohwi; Rabdosia umbrosa (Maximovicz) H. Hara var. leucantha (Murai) H. Hara; Rabdosia umbrosa (Maximovicz) H. Hara var. leucantha (Murai) H. Hara forma kameba Yoshio et al. |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) kame-ba hikiokoshi (カメバヒキオコシ, 亀葉引起 [meaning: tonic weed with tortoise shells like leaves]) |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu (north of Central region) |
| (Other nations) Korea, China | |
| Habitat | Mountane forest |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=24 |
| Description | Plants 50-100cm tall. Leaves 5-10cm long, 4-9cm wide. Flowers purple (merely white) corollas 9-11mm long, flowering in August to September. Fruits ca. 1.5mm long. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Isodon excisus (Maximowicz) Kudô |
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| September 2006 at mountane swamp |
September 2006 at mountane swamp |
September 2006 at mountane swamp |
| September 2006 at mountane swamp |
September 2006 at mountane swamp |
September 2006 at mountane swamp |
| September 2006 at mountane swamp |
September 2006 at mountane swamp |
| September 2006 at mountane swamp |