Family | Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae) |
Subfamily | Nepetoideae |
Tribe | Elsholtzieae |
Scientific name | Elsholtzia ciliata (Thunberg) Hylander |
Synonyms | Elsholtzia ciliata (Thunberg) Hylander var. brevipes C. Y. Wu & S. C. Huang; Elsholtzia ciliata (Thunberg) Hylander var. depauperata C. Y. Wu & S. C. Huang; Elsholtzia ciliata (Thunberg) Hylander var. ramosa (Nakai) C. Y. Wu & H. W. Li; Elsholtzia ciliata (Thunberg) Hylander var. remota C. Y. Wu & S. C. Huang; Elsholtzia cristata Willdenow; Elsholtzia formosana Hayata; Elsholtzia minina Nakai; Elsholtzia patrini (Lepechin) Garcke; Elsholtzia patrini (Lepechin) Garcke var. ramosa Nakai; Elsholtzia pseudocristata H. Léveillé & Vaniot; Hyssopus ocymifolius Lamarck; Mentha baicalensis Georgi; Mentha cristata Buchanan-Hamilton ex D. Don; Mentha ovata Cavanilles; Mentha patrini Lepechin; Perilla polystachya D. Don.; Sideritis ciliata Thunberg; Sideritis ciliata Thunberg |
Common name | (Japanese common name) naginata-koju (ナギナタコウジュ, 薙刀香薷 [meaning: partisan koju (koju = Elsholtzia weeds)]) |
(English common name) crested late-summer mint | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
(Other nations) Russia (Far East), Korea, China, Mongolia, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, India, Afganistan | |
Habitat | Subalpine or mountane field |
Chromosomal number | 2n=32 |
Description | Plants electing 30-60cm tall. Leaves 3-9cm long, 1-5cm wide. Flowers pink corollas 5mm long, 4 stamens (lower 2 stamens are long), flowering in September to November. Fruits ca. 1mm long. Annual plants. |
Reference | Elsholtzia ciliata (Thunb.) Hyl. |
Elsholtzia ciliata (Thunberg) Hylander | |
Hair treatment composition and hair cosmetic for damaged hair (US Patent 20060165636) | |
Cosmetic composition and production thereof (US Patent 20060018867) | |
Medicinal compositions containing 6-hydroxybenzbromarone or salts thereof (US Patent 20070185195) |
October 2006 at Mt. Tsukuba |
October 2006 at Mt. Tsukuba |
October 2006 at Mt. Tsukuba |
October 2006 at Mt. Tsukuba |
October 2006 at Mt. Tsukuba |
October 2006 at Mt. Tsukuba |