Biology:Dracocephalum moldavica
| Moldavian dragonhead | |
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| Dracocephalum moldavica, figure from Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen by Johann Georg Sturm (1796)[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Dracocephalum |
| Species: | D. moldavica
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| Binomial name | |
| Dracocephalum moldavica | |
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.[3]
References
- ↑ "BioLib Online Library of Biological Books". http://www.biolib.de.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Dracocephalum moldavica | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = February 25, 2013 }}
- ↑ "Profile for Dracocephalum moldavica (Moldavian dragonhead)". PLANTS Database. USDA, NRCS. http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=DRMO.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q163045 entry
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