var. crispa (Thunb.) Hand.-Mazz. in Act. Hort. Gothob. 13: 352. 1939; H. W. Li in Act. Phytotax. Sin. 12(2): 210. 1974——Ocimum crispum Thunb. Fl. Jap. 248. 1784; Benth. in DC. Prodr. 12: 42. 184——Dentidia nankinensis Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 369. 1790——Dentidia purpurascens Pers. Syn. 2: 135. 1807——Dentidia purpurea Poir. , Encycl. Suppl. 2: 466. 1811——Plectranthus nankinensis Spreng. , Syst. Veg. 2: 691. 1825——Perilla ocymoides Linn. var. crispa Benth. in DC. Prodr. 12: 164. 1848; Makino in Bot. Mag. Tokyo 26: 77. 1912----Perilla arguta Benth. in DC. Prodr. 12: 164. 1848; Fl. Hongk. 276. 1861; Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 2: 104. 1865; Franch. et Sav., Enum. Pl. Jap. 1: 365. 1875; Briq. in Engl. u. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4, 3a: 306. 1897——Perilla nankinensis Decne. in Rev. Hortic., 4. ser. 1: 61, pl. 4. 1852; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 26: 279. 1890; Matsum. et Hayata, in Journ. Coll. Sci. Univ. Tokyo 39: 310. 1906; Dunn in Notes Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 6: 154. 1915——Mentha reticulosa Hance in Walp. Ann. 3: 247. 1952-53——Perilla frutescens(Linn. )Britt. var. nankinensis Britt. in Mem. Torr. Bot. Club. 5: 277. 1894; Bailey in Cycloped. 3: 2553. 1926——Perilla frutescens var. crispa Deane ex Bailey, Man. Cult. Plants 646. 1924; rev. ed. 864. 1949; Makino in Journ. Jap. Bot. 3: 7, 1926; Kudo in Mem. Fac. Sci. Agr. Taihoku Univ. 2: 72. 1929; Ohwi, Fl. Jap. 1017. 1956——Perilla crispa Tanaka in Bult. Sci. Fak. Terk. Kjusu Univ. 1: 204, 209. 1925; Nakai in Bot. Mag. Tokyo 42: 474. 1928——Perilla frutescens var. β. crispa Deane f. crispa Makino in Journ. Jap. Bot. 3: 7. 1926.

這一變種與原變種不同在于葉具狹而深的鋸齒，常為紫色；果萼較小。

我國各地栽培，供藥用及香料用。模式標本采自日本。

本植物變異很大；葉齒的變化在狹而深的鋸齒至野生紫蘇的尖鋸齒之間，看來var. arguta（Benth.）Hand.-Mazz.沒有另立一變種的必要。