Lamiaceae
Elsholtzia

Elsholtzia ciliata (Thunb.) Hyl.

First published in Bot. Not. 1941: 129 (1941)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Temp. Asia to Peninsula Malaysia. It is an annual and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Altay, Amur, Buryatiya, Cambodia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, East Himalaya, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Japan, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Laos, Malaya, Manchuria, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Primorye, Sakhalin, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Tuva, Vietnam, West Himalaya, West Siberia

Introduced into:

Baltic States, Belarus, Central European Russia, Connecticut, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Germany, India, Maine, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Brunswick, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, NW. Balkan Pen., Ontario, Pennsylvania, Poland, Québec, Romania, Sweden, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Aver'ianov, L.V. & al. (2006). Illyustrirovannyi opredelitel' rastenii Leningradskoi oblasti: 1-799. Nauka, Moskva.
  • Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
  • Dar, G.H. & Govaerts, R.H.A. (2025). Flora of Kashmir Himalaya: Sind Valley 2: 607-1262. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehradun, India.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Kozhevnikov, A.E., Kozhevnikov, Z.V., Kwak, M. & Lee, B.Y. (2019). Illustrated flora of the Primorsky Territory, Russian Far East: 1-1124. National institute of biological resources.
  • Lee, C.S., Hwang, K.E., Kim, J.O., Suh, H.M. & Lee, N.S. (2011). Taxonomic studies of three taxa of Elsholtzia (E. hallasanensis, E. springia, and E. splendens var. fasciflora) (Lamiaceae) based on molecular data. Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy 41: 259-266.
  • Malyschev, L.I. (ed.) (2006). Flora of Siberia 11: 1-310. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
  • Malyschev, L.I., Peshkova, G.A. & Baikov, K.S. (eds.) (2007). Flora of Siberia 14: 1-210. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
  • Marhold, K. (ed.) (2013). IAPT/IOPB chromosome data 16. Taxon 62: 1355-1360.
  • Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
  • Rajbhandari, K.R., Rai, S.K. & Chhetri, R. (2022). A Handbook of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 4: 1-522. Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • Stalažs, A. (2024). List of vascular plants of Latvia (with Latvian names): 1-312. Dobele.
  • Zhao, Y.Z., Zhao, L.Q. & Rui, C. (eds.) (2019). Flora Intramongolica, edition 3, 4: 1-482. Typis Intramongolicae popularis, Huhhot.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2021). https://moip-bio.msu.ru/wp-content/uploads/akatova-bulletin-of-moscow-society-of-naturalists-126-3-2021.41-45.pdf. epublication.
  • Charkevicz, S.S. (ed.) (1995). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 7: 1-394. Nauka, Leningrad.
  • Chou, S., Chhnang, P. & Kim, Y. (2016). A Checklist for the Seed Plants of Cambodia: 1-272. National Institute of Biological Resources, Korea.
  • Dar, G.H. & Govaerts, R.H.A. (2025). Flora of Kashmir Himalaya: Sind Valley 2: 607-1262. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehradun, India.
  • Marhold, K. (ed.) (2012). IAPT/IOPB chromosome data 13. Taxon 61: 889-902.
  • Zhao, Y.Z., Zhao, L.Q. & Rui, C. (eds.) (2019). Flora Intramongolica, edition 3, 4: 1-482. Typis Intramongolicae popularis, Huhhot.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Komarov, V.L. [1364] Korea, North K000929586 Unknown Type Material Yes
Soulie, J.A. [226] China K000929584 Type Yes
Soulie, J.A. [227] China K000929585 Type Yes
Taquet [1224] Korea, South K000929588 Unknown Type Material Yes
Balansa, B. [2903] Vietnam Elsholtzia cristata K000935627 Yes
Balansa, B. [2903] Vietnam Elsholtzia cristata K000935626 Yes
Poilane, E. [2303] Laos Elsholtzia cristata K000935625 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1560] Nepal Elsholtzia cristata K001113444 Unknown Type Material Yes
Poilane, E. [s.n.] Vietnam Elsholtzia cristata K000935624 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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