Perilla fruticosa D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 115. 1825; Aphanochilus fruticosus (D. Don) Kudo; A. polystachys Bentham; Buddleja plectranthoidea H. Léveillé; Colebrookea oppositifolia Loddiges; Elsholtzia dielsii H. Léveillé; E. fruticosa (D. Don) Rehder f. inclusa Sun ex C. H. Hu; E. fruticosa f. leptostachya C. Y. Wu & S. C. Huang; E. fruticosa var. parvifolia C. Y. Wu & S. C. Huang; E. polystachya Bentham; E. souliei H. Léveillé; E. tristis H. Léveillé; Leucosceptrum plectranthoideum (H. Léveillé) Marquand.

Leaf blade lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, abaxially curved pubescent.

Used medicinally.

Grasslands, open hills, valleys; 1200-3200 m. Gansu, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, India, Nepal]