56a. Isodon coetsa var. coetsa
细锥香茶菜 xi zhui xiang cha cai
Plectranthus coetsa Buchanan-Hamilton ex D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 117. 1825; Ocimum coetsa (Buchanan-Hamilton ex D. Don) Sprengel; P. leptobotrys Diels; P. maddenii Bentham ex J. D. Hooker; P. menthoides Bentham; P. polystachys Sun ex C. H. Hu; Rabdosia anisochila C. Y. Wu; R. coetsa (Buchanan-Hamilton ex D. Don) H. Hara; R. coetsoides C. Y. Wu; R. megathyrsoides H. W. Li; R. pluriflora C. Y. Wu & H. W. Li; R. polystachys (Sun ex C. H. Hu) C. Y. Wu & H. W. Li; R. polystachys var. phylloides C. Y. Wu.
Stems retrorse pubescent or subglabrous. Leaves densely hispidulous along midvein and veins otherwise sparsely strigose or subglabrous.
Grassy slopes, streamsides, riverbanks, forest margins, thickets, pine forests, evergreen broad-leaved forests; 600-2800 m. Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan [Bangladesh, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam].