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Horsebalms
Collinsonia
Collinsonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae. It is native to East Asia and eastern North America. It was named for the English botanist Peter Collinson (1694–1768) by Carl Linnaeus in Species Plantarum in 1753. It is in the tribe Elsholtzieae, a small tribe of only 5 genera. In order of their number of species, they are Elsholtzia, Mosla, Collinsonia, Perilla, and Perillula.
11 branches of this genus, most-observed first
citronella horse balm
speciesCollinsonia canadensis
whorled horse-balm
speciesCollinsonia verticillata
Anise Horsebalm
speciesCollinsonia anisata
Japanese horsebalm
speciesCollinsonia japonica
Taiwanese horsebalm
speciesCollinsonia macrobracteata
Collinsonia australis
speciesCollinsonia australis
Florida Horsebalm
speciesCollinsonia punctata
Collinsonia elsholtzioides
speciesCollinsonia elsholtzioides
Collinsonia sinensis
speciesCollinsonia sinensis
Collinsonia szechuanensis
speciesCollinsonia szechuanensis
Collinsonia glandulosa
speciesCollinsonia glandulosa
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 53346.