Plectranthus graciliflorus Bentham, Prodr. 12: 56. 1848; P. gerardianus Bentham var. graciliflorus (Bentham) J. D. Hooker; P. striatus Bentham var. graciliflorus (Bentham) Handel-Mazzetti; Rabdosia lophanthoides (Buchanan-Hamilton ex D. Don) H. Hara var. graciliflora (Bentham) H. Hara.

Plants 40-100 cm tall. Leaves ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, 5-8.5 × 1.5-3.5 cm, scabrous on veins, sparsely brown glandular, adaxially slightly scabrous, subglabrous, abaxially reddish brown when dry, base cuneate, apex acuminate.

Rice paddies, ravines. Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangxi [India, Myanmar, Nepal, Vietnam].