Colquhounia
Botanical name: Colquhounia
Colquhounia
Botanical name: Colquhounia
Description
Colquhounia is a genus of about six species of evergreen or semi-evergreen shrubs or subshrubs in the family Lamiaceae. They are native to the Himalaya and southwestern China south to Peninsular Malaysia. They are growing to 1 to 3 m tall, rarely to 4 m. The aromatic leaves are finely toothed and borne in opposite pairs on the square stems. The flowers are tubular, two-lipped, and carried on terminal spikes. 
Species of Colquhounia
Colquhounia seguinii
Native to low and medium-altitude streamsides and thickets in tropical climates, colquhounia seguinii is a small, broad-leaved evergreen shrub with small red flowers. Colquhounia seguinii and its five fellow Colquhounia species were named for Sir Robert Colquhoun, a 19th-century botany enthusiast who became a patron of the Calcutta Botanical Gardens.
Colquhounia coccinea var. mollis
Colquhounia coccinea var. mollis is found in sunny areas with slightly moist or dry soil. It produces flowers in late summer through fall until the first freeze, making it popular with gardeners. It provides pollen and nectar for bees and other pollinators. It's a tall-growing flowering shrub reaching heights between 1 to 2 m.
Colquhounia elegans
colquhounia elegans is a large evergreen shrub noted for its aromatic leaves and the unusual growth habit of its winter-blooming cylindrical-like flowers. Its pale salmon-colored and dark red flowers make it the most beautiful of all mint plants. It has parented two cultivars and medical research is being conducted on it.
Scientific Classification
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