异名：Dentidia nankinensis Lour. (synonym)、Dentidia purpurascens Pers. (synonym)、Dentidia purpurea Poir. (synonym)、Mentha reticulosa Hance (synonym)、Ocimum crispum Thunb. (synonym)、Perilla arguta Benth. (synonym)、Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton var. arguta (Benth.) Hand.-Mazz. (synonym)、Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton var. crispa (Thunb.) Hand.-Mazz. (synonym)、Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton var. crispa Deane (synonym)、Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton var. nankinensis (Lour.) Britton (synonym)、Perilla nankinensis (Lour.) Decne. (synonym)、Perilla ocymoides L. var. crispa Benth. (synonym)、Plectranthus nankinensis (Lour.) Spreng. (synonym)

鸡冠紫苏（贵州、四川）

Perilla frutescens (Linn. )Britt. 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.

这一变种与原变种不同在于叶具狭而深的锯齿，常为紫色；果萼较小。

我国各地栽培，供药用及香料用。模式标本采自日本。

植物变异很大；叶齿的变化在狭而深的锯齿至野生紫苏的尖锯齿之间，看来var. arguta（Benth.）Hand.-Mazz.没有另立一变种的必要。