''Dracocephalum'' is a

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s in the family

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, native to temperate regions of the

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. These flowers, collectively called dragonhead, are

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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. Definitions of "herb" and "herbaceous" The fourth edition of ...

plants or

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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 60Sonboli, 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

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'' accepts 89 species. * '' Dracocephalum adylovii'' * '' Dracocephalum aitchisonii'' Rech.f. * '' Dracocephalum argunense'' Fisch. ex Link * ''

Dracocephalum aucheri ''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 ...

'' Boiss. * ''

Dracocephalum austriacum ''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 ...

'' 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 ''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 ...

'' Steven * ''

Dracocephalum breviflorum ''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 ...

'' Turrill * ''

Dracocephalum bullatum ''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 ...

'' Forrest ex Diels * ''

Dracocephalum butkovii ''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 ...

'' Krassovsk. * ''

Dracocephalum calophyllum ''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 ...

'' Hand.-Mazz. * ''

Dracocephalum canescens ''Lallemantia canescens'' is a species of flowering plant in the mint family. Its native range includes Iran, Turkey, Armenia, and Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, tran ...

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Dracocephalum charkeviczii ''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 ...

'' Prob. * ''

Dracocephalum cuspidatum ''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 ...

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Dracocephalum discolor ''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 diversifolium ''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 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 ''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 ...

'' Turcz. ex Benth. * ''

Dracocephalum fruticulosum ''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 ...

'' Steph. ex Willd. * '' Dracocephalum ghahremanii'' * ''

Dracocephalum grandiflorum ''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 ...

'' L. * '' Dracocephalum heterophyllum'' Benth. * ''

Dracocephalum hoboksarensis ''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 ...

'' G.J.Liu * ''

Dracocephalum ibericum ''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 ...

'' * '' Dracocephalum imberbe'' Bunge * '' Dracocephalum imbricatum'' C.Y.Wu & W.T.Wang * ''

Dracocephalum integrifolium ''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 isabellae ''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 ...

'' Forrest ex W.W.Sm. * ''

Dracocephalum jacutense ''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 ...

'' Peschkova * '' Dracocephalum junatovii'' A.L.Budantsev * ''

Dracocephalum kafiristanicum ''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 ...

'' Bornm. * ''

Dracocephalum komarovii ''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 ...

'' Lipsky * ''

Dracocephalum kotschyi ''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 ...

'' Boiss. * '' Dracocephalum krylovii'' Lipsky * '' Dracocephalum latilabiatum'' * '' Dracocephalum lindbergii'' Rech.f. * ''

Dracocephalum longipedicellatum ''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 ...

'' Muschl. * '' Dracocephalum macranthum'' * '' Dracocephalum microflorum'' C.Y.Wu & W.T.Wang * ''

Dracocephalum microphyton ''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 ...

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Dracocephalum moldavica ''Dracocephalum moldavica'', the Moldavian dragonhead, is an annual herbaceous plant. The first formal botanical description of ''D. moldavica'' was by Linnaeus in ''Species Plantarum'' 2:595. 1753. Distribution Although there is no preci ...

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Dracocephalum multicaule ''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 ...

'' Montbret & Aucher ex Benth. * '' Dracocephalum multicolor'' Kom. * ''

Dracocephalum nodulosum ''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 nuratavicum'' Adylov * ''

Dracocephalum nuristanicum ''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 ...

'' Rech.f. & Edelb. * '' Dracocephalum nutans'' L. * ''

Dracocephalum oblongifolium ''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 ...

'' Regel * ''

Dracocephalum officinalis ''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 ...

'' – 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 ''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 ...

'' Briq. * ''

Dracocephalum peltatum ''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 ...

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Dracocephalum peregrinum ''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 ...

'' L. * '' Dracocephalum pinnatum'' L. * '' Dracocephalum polychaetum'' Bornm. * ''

Dracocephalum popovii ''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 ...

'' T.V.Egorova & Sipliv. * ''

Dracocephalum propinquum ''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 ...

'' W.W.Sm. * ''

Dracocephalum psammophilum ''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 ...

'' C.Y.Wu & W.T.Wang * '' Dracocephalum purdomii'' W.W.Sm. * ''

Dracocephalum renati ''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 ...

'' Emb. * ''

Dracocephalum rigidulum ''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 ...

'' Hand.-Mazz. * '' Dracocephalum royleanum'' * '' Dracocephalum rupestre'' Hance * ''

Dracocephalum ruyschiana ''Dracocephalum ruyschiana'' is a species of ''Dracocephalum''. It is native to Eurasia Eurasia ( , ) is a continental area on Earth, comprising all of Europe and Asia. According to some geographers, Physical geography, physiographically, ...

'' L. * '' Dracocephalum sajanense'' * ''

Dracocephalum schischkinii ''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 ...

'' Strizhova * ''

Dracocephalum scrobiculatum ''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 ...

'' Regel * '' Dracocephalum seravschanicum'' * '' Dracocephalum spinulosum'' Popov * ''

Dracocephalum stamineum ''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 ...

'' Kar. & Kir. * '' Dracocephalum stellerianum'' Hiltebr. * ''

Dracocephalum subcapitatum ''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 ...

'' (Kuntze) Lipsky * ''

Dracocephalum subulifolium ''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 ...

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Dracocephalum surmandinum ''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 ...

'' Rech.f. * '' Dracocephalum taliense'' Forrest ex W.W.Sm. * '' Dracocephalum tanguticum'' Maxim. * ''

Dracocephalum thymiflorum ''Dracocephalum thymiflorum'' is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Lamiaceae. Its native range is Bulgaria to Southern Siberia and Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, i ...

'' L. * '' Dracocephalum truncatum'' Y.Z.Sun ex C.Y.Wu * ''

Dracocephalum velutinum ''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 ...

'' C.Y.Wu & W.T.Wang * ''

Dracocephalum wallichii ''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 ...

'' Sealy * '' Dracocephalum wendelboi'' Hedge

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