What is "elsholtzia"

n. any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Elsholtzia having blue or purple flowers in one-sided spikes

Elsholtzia is a plant genus in the Lamiaceae (mint family). It is widespread across much of temperate and tropical Asia from Siberia south to China, India, Indonesia, etc. The genus was named in honour of the Prussian naturalist Johann Sigismund Elsholtz.

1. Elsholtzia amurensis Prob. - Amur region of Russia
2. Elsholtzia angustifolia (Loes.) Kitag. - Korea, Manchuria
3. Elsholtzia argyi H.Lév. - southern China, Vietnam
4. Elsholtzia beddomei C.B.Clarke ex Hook.f. - Myanmar, Thailand
5. Elsholtzia blanda (Benth.) Benth. - southern China, Himalayas, Indochina, Sumatra
6. Elsholtzia bodinieri Vaniot - Guizhou, Yunnan
7. Elsholtzia byeonsanensis M.Kim - South Korea
8. Elsholtzia capituligera C.Y.Wu - Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan
9. Elsholtzia cephalantha Hand.-Mazz. - Sichuan
10. Elsholtzia ciliata (Thunb.) Hyl. - widespread across Siberia, Russian Far East, China, Himalayas, Japan, Korea, Indochina
11. Elsholtzia communis (Collett & Hemsl.) Diels - Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
12. Elsholtzia concinna Vautier - Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan
13. Elsholtzia cyprianii (Pavol.) C.Y.Wu & S.Chow - central + southern China
14. Elsholtzia densa Benth. - India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Tibet, Xingjiang, China, Mongolia
15. Elsholtzia eriocalyx C.Y.Wu & S.C.Huang - southern China
16. Elsholtzia eriostachya (Benth.) Benth. - China, Tibet, Himalayas
17. Elsholtzia feddei H.Lév - China, Tibet
18. Elsholtzia flava Benth. - China, Himalayas
19. Elsholtzia fruticosa (D.Don) Rehder - China, Himalayas, Tibet, Myanmar
20. Elsholtzia glabra C.Y.Wu & S.C.Huang - China
21. Elsholtzia griffithii Hook.f - Myanmar, Assam
22. Elsholtzia hallasanensis Y.N.Lee - Jeju-do Island in Korea
23. Elsholtzia heterophylla Diels - Yunnan, Myanmar
24. Elsholtzia hunanensis Hand.-Mazz. - southern China
25. Elsholtzia kachinensis Prain - southern China, Myanmar, Thailand
26. Elsholtzia litangensis C.X.Pu & W.Y.Chen - Sichuan
27. Elsholtzia luteola Diels - Sichuan, Yunnan
28. Elsholtzia minima Nakai - Jeju-do Island in Korea
29. Elsholtzia myosurus Dunn - Sichuan, Yunnan
30. Elsholtzia nipponica Ohwi - Japan
31. Elsholtzia ochroleuca Dunn - Sichuan, Yunnan
32. Elsholtzia oldhamii Hemsl. - Taiwan
33. Elsholtzia penduliflora W.W.Sm - Yunnan, Thailand, Vietnam
34. Elsholtzia pilosa (Benth.) Benth. - China, Himalayas, Myanmar, Vietnam
35. Elsholtzia pubescens Benth. - Java, Bali, Lombok, Timor, Sulawesi
36. Elsholtzia pygmaea W.W.Sm. - Yunnan
37. Elsholtzia rugulosa Hemsl - southern China, Myanmar, Thailand
38. Elsholtzia serotina Kom - northern China, Japan, Korea, Primorye
39. Elsholtzia souliei H.Lév. - Sichuan, Yunnan
40. Elsholtzia splendens Nakai ex F.Maek. - China, Korea
41. Elsholtzia stachyodes (Link) Raizada & H.O.Saxena - Indian Subcontinent, China, Myanmar
42. Elsholtzia stauntonii Benth. - northern China
43. Elsholtzia strobilifera (Benth.) Benth. - China, Himalayas, Myanmar
44. Elsholtzia winitiana Craib - Yunnan, Guangxi, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam