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Prunella vulgaris var. elongata Makino; P. vulgaris var. japonica Kudo; P. vulgaris var. leucantha Schur.

Leaves ovate-oblong to ovate, 1.5-6 × 0.7-2.5 cm, margin inconspicuously undulate to subentire, adaxially hirtellous or subglabrous, abaxially subglabrous.

Open slopes, grasslands, wet streamsides; 0-3000 m. Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Xinjiang, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Bhutan, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan; Africa, SW Asia, Europe, North America]

Used medicinally.