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6. Elsholtzia eriostachya (Benth.) Benth., Lab. Gen. et Sp. 163. 1833. Benth. in DC., Prodr. 12: 162. 1848; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 4: 645. 1885; Mukerjee in Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. 14,1: 91. 1940; Stewart, Ann. Cat. Vasc. Pl. W. Pak. & Kashm. 612. 1972; Kachroo et al., Fl. Ladakh 128.1977; Press in Hara et al., Enum.Fl.Pl. Nepal 3: 153. 1982.
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Aphanochilus eriostachyus Benth.Elsholtzia eriostachya var. pusilla (Benth.) Hook. f.Elsholtzia pusilla Benth.
Of identical habit, leaf form, indumentum and inflorescence structure to the previous species, but: flowering calyx c. 1 mm, increasing and ± inflating in fruit to 3 mm long and 2 mm wide, flowers yellow c. 2.1 mm, fruiting inflorescence up to 0.8 cm wide and nutlets c. 1.1 x 0.5 mm.
Types: [Wallich Cat. 15551 [India, Garhwal] Badrinath, R. Blinkworth (K). Nepal, Wallich (E, K).
Distribution: Pakistan, Kashmir to Bhutan, Tibet, India.
Press (Bull. Brit. Mus., Nat. Hist, 10, 1: 70. 1982) placed Elsholtzia densa and Elsholtzia eriostachya in the bitypic sect. Platyelasma (Briq.) Press characterized by the inflated fruiting calyces.
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