Elsholtzia bodinieri

Botanical Description

Elsholtzia bodinieri is a herbaceous perennial plant with a clump of ascending stems 25 - 30cm tall. The stems bases are more or less prostrate, sometimes with numerous, short scaly stolons[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a tea and a medicine.