| Elsholtzia stauntonii Willd. | ||
| Lamiaceae | ||
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A small sub-shrub, until to 1,5 m high. Leaves long-ovate to lance-shaped, 6 to 15 cm long, serrated,
smelling of mint when crushed. Flowers lilac-purple or rose-purple, 7-8 mm long, freely borne in panicles
(10-20 cm long) in August to October. After severe frost the stems are frozen down to the ground, but they
reappear in the following spring. Home: N-China Other views: Elsholtzia with Tricyrtis Cultivated: Germany, France Author: Ulrich Herzog Not found! Ethnobotanical aspects of Elsholtzia stauntonii by Plants for a future database Back to the plant list |
