| Family | Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae) |
| Subfamily | Teucrioideae |
| Scientific name | Teucrium viscidum Blume var. miquelianum (Maximovicz) Hara |
| Synonyms | Teucrium maximowiczii Probatova; Teucrium miquelianum (Maximovicz) Kudô |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) turu-niga-kusa (ツルニガクサ, 蔓苦草 [meaning: vine bitter weed]) |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) Korea | |
| Habitat | Wet forest or forest edge |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=32 |
| Description | Plants electing 20-40cm long. Leaves 4-10cm long, 1.5-5cm wide. Flowers inflorescences 3-5cm long, calyxs ca. 3mm long, purple corollas 8-10mm long, 4 stamens, flowering in July to September. Fruits ca. 1.2mm long. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Teucrium viscidum Blume |
| Teucrium viscidum Blume | |
| Agent for hair growth (European Patent EP1915997/2008) |
| July 2007 at lowland forest edge |
July 2007 at lowland forest edge |
July 2007 at lowland forest edge |
| July 2007 at lowland forest edge |
July 2007 at lowland forest edge |
July 2007 at lowland forest edge |
| July 2007 at lowland forest edge |