Plectranthus pantadenius Handel-Mazzetti, Symb. Sin. 7: 944. 1936

Herbs perennial, with small reddish glands throughout. Stems 70-90 cm, pubescent, basally leafless, glabrescent. Leaves sessile, broadly ovate, 7-17 cm, ca. 1/2 as wide as long, adaxially densely strigose, sparsely glandular, abaxially densely glandular, strigose on veins, base cuneate-attenuate, margin crenate-dentate, apex caudate-acuminate, lateral veins 3-5-paired. Panicles ± terminal, spikelike, to 18 cm; cymes 7-9-flowered; floral leaves ovate, shorter than cymes. Calyx campanulate, 1-2 mm, pubescent outside; teeth 5, subequal, broadly ovate, shorter than calyx tube. Corolla 4-5 mm; tube straight, 2.5-3.5 mm; limb much shorter than tube, densely pilose outside, glandular. Stamens and style much exserted. Nutlets unknown. Fl. Sep.

* Grassy areas with Pteridium; ca. 2800 m. Yunnan.