Colquhounia | |
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Colquhounia coccinea | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Lamiaceae |
Genus: |
Colquhounia Wall. |
Colquhounia is a genus of about six species of evergreen or semi-evergreen shrubs or subshrubs in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1822. They are native to the Himalaya and southwestern China south to Peninsular Malaysia.
They are shrubs growing to 1 to 3 meters tall, rarely to 4 meters. The aromatic leaves are 3 to 12 centimeters long and 1 to 6 centimeters broad, finely toothed and borne in opposite pairs on the square stems. The flowers are tubular, two-lipped, and carried on terminal spikes.
Species include: