Dracocephalum moldavica
| Moldavian dragonhead | |
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| Dracocephalum moldavica, figure from Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen by Johann Georg Sturm (1796)[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Dracocephalum |
| Species: | D. moldavica |
| Binomial name | |
| Dracocephalum moldavica L.[2] | |
Dracocephalum moldavica, the Moldavian dragonhead,[2] is an annual herbaceous plant. The first formal botanical description of D. moldavica was by Linnaeus in Species Plantarum 2:595. 1753.[2]
Distribution
Although there is no precise accounting of its native range, Dracocephalum moldavica is known to be native to the temperate climate of Asia; in China (Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Xinjiang and Shanxi provinces); Russia (Primorsky Krai; eastern and western Siberia); Tajikistan; and Turkmenistan.[2] It has become naturalized in many locales in Eurasia, and is also cultivated elsewhere as a garden ornamental.[2]
Dracocephalum moldavica is an introduced plant to diverse parts of the United States, and is now present in Connecticut, Nebraska, Vermont, and Wisconsin.
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