Lamiaceae

Miniature beefsteakplant

Mosla dianthera (Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.) Maxim.

Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Mosla

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Common names

By language (4)

Chinese: 小鱼仙草, 粗鋸齒薺薴, 热痱草, 假荆芥, 假鱼香, 四方草, 土荆芥, 大叶香薷
English: Miniature beefsteakplant
Korean: 쥐깨풀
Vietnamese: Cây men

Synonyms

Calamintha clinopodium var. nepalensis (D.Don) Dunn
Cunila buchananii Spreng.
Cunila nepalensis D.Don
Hedeoma napalensis (D.Don) Benth.
Lumnitzera ocimoides Jacq. ex Spreng.
Lumnitzera ocymoides Jacq. ex Spreng.
Lycopus diantherus Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.
Melissa nepalensis (D.Don) Benth.
Moschosma ocymoides Benth. ex G.Don
Mosla dianthera var. nana (H.Hara) Ohwi ex Huang & Cheng
Mosla formosana Maxim.
Mosla grosseserrata Maxim.
Mosla hirta (H.Hara) H.Hara
Mosla lysimachiiflora Hayata
Mosla ocymoides Buch.-Ham. ex Benth.
Mosla remotiflora Y.Z.Sun
Ocimum congestum Spreng. ex Steud.
Ocimum polycladum Link
Orthodon diantherus (Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.) Hand.-Mazz.
Orthodon fomosanus (Maxim.) Kudô
Orthodon grosseserratus (Maxim.) Kudô
Orthodon grosseserratus var. nanus H.Hara
Orthodon hirtus H.Hara
Orthodon hirtus f. nanus (H.Hara) H.Hara
Orthodon lysimachiiflorus (Hayata) Masam.
Orthodon mayebaranus Honda
Orthodon punctatus var. tetrantherus Hand.-Mazz.
Orthodon tenuicaulis Koidz.

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Annual
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

Photo: harum.koh from Kobe city, Japan, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.