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Colquhounia

Colquhounia
Colquhounia coccinea 1.jpg
Colquhounia coccinea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Colquhounia
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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:


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