Amasonia hirta is a species of plants in the family Lamiaceae.
The species is native to Brazil and Paraguay.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesBenth., Ann. Nat. Hist. 2: 451. 1839.
In Portuguese it goes by the common name mendoca and sangue de Cristo.
References
The Plant List entry: Amasonia hirta Efloras entry: Amasonia hirta