''Dracocephalum'' is a
genus
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of
flowering plant
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s in the family
Lamiaceae
The Lamiaceae ( )
or Labiatae are a family (biology), family of flowering plants commonly known as the mint, deadnettle, or sage family. Many of the plants are aromatic in all parts and include widely used culinary herbs like basil (herb), ba ...
, native to temperate regions of the
Northern Hemisphere
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. These flowers, collectively called dragonhead, are
annual or
perennial
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herbaceous
Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground. This broad category of plants includes many perennials, and nearly all annuals and biennials.
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plants or
subshrub
A subshrub (Latin ''suffrutex'') or undershrub is either a small shrub (e.g. prostrate shrubs) or a perennial that is largely herbaceous but slightly woody at the base (e.g. garden pink and florist's chrysanthemum). The term is often interch ...
s, growing to 15 to 90 centimeters tall. The genus has 89 species as currently circumscribed, which includes the formerly separate genera ''Hyssopus'', ''Lallemantia'', and others.
[ Older circumscriptions include 60][Sonboli, A., et al. (2011)]
Molecular characterization of Iranian ''Dracocephalum'' (Lamiaceae) species based on RAPD data.
''Acta Biologica Szegediensis'' 55(2), 227-30. to 70 species.[Lazarević, P., et al. (2009)]
On the distribution of ''Dracocephalum ruyschiana'' (Lamiaceae) in the Balkan Peninsula.
''Phytologia Balcanica'' 15(2), 175-79.[''Dracocephalum''.]
Flora of China.
Species
''Plants of the World Online
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'' accepts 89 species.[
* '' Dracocephalum adylovii''
* '' Dracocephalum aitchisonii'' Rech.f.
* '' Dracocephalum argunense'' Fisch. ex Link
* '' Dracocephalum aucheri'' Boiss.
* '' Dracocephalum austriacum'' L.
* '' Dracocephalum baldshuanicum''
* '']Dracocephalum bipinnatum
''Dracocephalum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. These flowers, collectively called dragonhead, are annual or perennial herbaceous plants or subshrubs, growing to ...
'' Rupr.
* '' Dracocephalum botryoides'' Steven
* '' Dracocephalum breviflorum'' Turrill
* '' Dracocephalum bullatum'' Forrest ex Diels
* '' Dracocephalum butkovii'' Krassovsk.
* '' Dracocephalum calophyllum'' Hand.-Mazz.
* '' Dracocephalum canescens''
* '' Dracocephalum charkeviczii'' Prob.
* '' Dracocephalum cuspidatum''
* '' Dracocephalum discolor'' Bunge
* '' Dracocephalum diversifolium'' Rupr.
* ''Dracocephalum ferganicum
''Dracocephalum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. These flowers, collectively called dragonhead, are annual or perennial herbaceous plants or subshrubs, growing to ...
'' Lazkov
* ''Dracocephalum foetidum
''Dracocephalum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. These flowers, collectively called dragonhead, are annual or perennial herbaceous plants or subshrubs, growing to ...
'' Bunge
* ''Dracocephalum formosum
''Dracocephalum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. These flowers, collectively called dragonhead, are annual or perennial herbaceous plants or subshrubs, growing to ...
'' Gontsch.
* ''Dracocephalum forrestii
''Dracocephalum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. These flowers, collectively called dragonhead, are annual plant, annual or perennial plant, perennial herbaceous p ...
'' W.W.Sm.
* '' Dracocephalum fragile'' Turcz. ex Benth.
* '' Dracocephalum fruticulosum'' Steph. ex Willd.
* '' Dracocephalum ghahremanii''
* '' Dracocephalum grandiflorum'' L.
* '' Dracocephalum heterophyllum'' Benth.
* '' Dracocephalum hoboksarensis'' G.J.Liu
* '' Dracocephalum ibericum''
* '' Dracocephalum imberbe'' Bunge
* '' Dracocephalum imbricatum'' C.Y.Wu & W.T.Wang
* '' Dracocephalum integrifolium'' Bunge
* '' Dracocephalum isabellae'' Forrest ex W.W.Sm.
* '' Dracocephalum jacutense'' Peschkova
* '' Dracocephalum junatovii'' A.L.Budantsev
* '' Dracocephalum kafiristanicum'' Bornm.
* '' Dracocephalum komarovii'' Lipsky
* '' Dracocephalum kotschyi'' Boiss.
* '' Dracocephalum krylovii'' Lipsky
* '' Dracocephalum latilabiatum''
* '' Dracocephalum lindbergii'' Rech.f.
* '' Dracocephalum longipedicellatum'' Muschl.
* '' Dracocephalum macranthum''
* '' Dracocephalum microflorum'' C.Y.Wu & W.T.Wang
* '' Dracocephalum microphyton''
* '' Dracocephalum moldavica'' L. (type
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* '' Dracocephalum multicaule'' Montbret & Aucher ex Benth.
* '' Dracocephalum multicolor'' Kom.
* '' Dracocephalum nodulosum'' Rupr.
* '' Dracocephalum nuratavicum'' Adylov
* '' Dracocephalum nuristanicum'' Rech.f. & Edelb.
* '' Dracocephalum nutans'' L.
* '' Dracocephalum oblongifolium'' Regel
* '' Dracocephalum officinalis'' – hyssop
* '' Dracocephalum olchonense'' Peschkova
* '' Dracocephalum origanoides'' Steph. ex Willd.
* '' Dracocephalum palmatoides'' C.Y.Wu & W.T.Wang
* '' Dracocephalum palmatum'' Steph. ex Willd.
* '' Dracocephalum parviflorum'' Nutt.
* '' Dracocephalum paulsenii'' Briq.
* '' Dracocephalum peltatum''
* '' Dracocephalum peregrinum'' L.
* '' Dracocephalum pinnatum'' L.
* '' Dracocephalum polychaetum'' Bornm.
* '' Dracocephalum popovii'' T.V.Egorova & Sipliv.
* '' Dracocephalum propinquum'' W.W.Sm.
* '' Dracocephalum psammophilum'' C.Y.Wu & W.T.Wang
* '' Dracocephalum purdomii'' W.W.Sm.
* '' Dracocephalum renati'' Emb.
* '' Dracocephalum rigidulum'' Hand.-Mazz.
* '' Dracocephalum royleanum''
* '' Dracocephalum rupestre'' Hance
* '' Dracocephalum ruyschiana'' L.
* '' Dracocephalum sajanense''
* '' Dracocephalum schischkinii'' Strizhova
* '' Dracocephalum scrobiculatum'' Regel
* '' Dracocephalum seravschanicum''
* '' Dracocephalum spinulosum'' Popov
* '' Dracocephalum stamineum'' Kar. & Kir.
* '' Dracocephalum stellerianum'' Hiltebr.
* '' Dracocephalum subcapitatum'' (Kuntze) Lipsky
* '' Dracocephalum subulifolium''
* '' Dracocephalum surmandinum'' Rech.f.
* '' Dracocephalum taliense'' Forrest ex W.W.Sm.
* '' Dracocephalum tanguticum'' Maxim.
* '' Dracocephalum thymiflorum'' L.
* '' Dracocephalum truncatum'' Y.Z.Sun ex C.Y.Wu
* '' Dracocephalum velutinum'' C.Y.Wu & W.T.Wang
* '' Dracocephalum wallichii'' Sealy
* '' Dracocephalum wendelboi'' Hedge
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Lamiaceae genera
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus