Pan India Bouquets

Elsholtzia strobilifera (Benth.) Benth.

Family : Lamiaceae
(Mint Family)
Family (Hindi name) : TULSI FAMILY (तुलसी फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Lamiaceae
Synonym(s) : Cyclostegia strobilifera Benth.; Elsholtzia exigua Hand.-Mazz.; Elsholtzia strobilifera var. exigua (Hand.-Mazz.) C.Y.Wu & S.C.Huang; Mentha strobilifera (Benth.) Wall. ex Benth.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Elsholtzia strobilifera (Benth.) Benth.
Common name : Pinecone Mint
Vernacular name : Pothi (Hindi); Ban Bawari (Nepali)
Habit : Annual herb
Habitat : Hills, grasslands, open areas in forests, thicket margins, valleys; 2130 - 4170 m. altitude
Comments / notes : Frequent along tracksides in Spruce and open Fir forest, among bamboo
Key identification features : Spikes cylindrical; bracts connate
Flower, Fruit : September-November
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : North Sikkim (Mangan) district,East Sikkim (Gangtok) district
- West Bengal : Darjeeling district,Kalimpong district
Native : Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Tibet, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Himalaya to Taiwan
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 198; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 2. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 983
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Elsholtzia strobilifera. Downloaded on 9 June 2023.

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