- Scientific Name: Leucas chinensis (Retz.) Sm.
- Ref: A.Rees, Cycl. 20: n.º 8. 1812
- Synonyms: Blandina chinensis (Retz.) Raf.; Phlomis chinensis Retz.
- Chinese Common Name: 滨海白绒草 bīnhǎi báiróng∙cǎo
- Japanese Common Name: ヤンバルツルハッカ [山原蔓薄荷] yanbarutsuruhakka
- Family: Lamiaceae
- Genus: Leucas
- Distribution: Sunny waste areas along seashores. Hainan, Taiwan.
- Photo: 09/13/2014, Is. Nanji, Zhejiang
Shrubs 20-30 cm tall; mostly densely appressed white silky-tomentose. Stems robust, branched at base; branches erect or spreading. Leaves sessile to subsessile; leaf blade ovate-orbicular, 8-13 × 6-10 mm, base broadly cuneate to subcordate, margin crenate-serrate above base, apex obtuse; lateral veins 2 or 3 pairs, impressed adaxially. Verticillasters axillary, 3-8-flowered, 1-2 cm in diam.; bracts linear, 2-3 mm. Calyx tubular-campanulate, ca. 5 mm, densely appressed silky on upper 1/3 inside, veins conspicuously elevated outside; teeth 10, triangular-subulate, ca. 1 mm. Corolla white, ca. 1.1 cm; tube slender, slightly enlarged at throat, ca. 7 mm, glabrous outside, obliquely villous annulate slightly above middle inside; lower lip spreading, middle lobe largest, reniform. Filaments slightly bearded. Nutlets unknown. Fl. Nov-Dec, fr. Dec. (Flora of China)
09/13/2014, Is. Nanji, Zhejiang