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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Dracocephalum parviflorum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about American Dragonhead at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dracocephalum parviflorum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-11-001:
Moldavica parviflora FAMILY Lamiaceae
COMMON NAME:
American Dragonhead
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_mopa4_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Dracocephalum parviflorum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dracocephalum parviflorum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-11-001:
Moldavica parviflora
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
4441
Forb
Annual? Biennial? Perennial?
Habitat: Cultivated ground;, per Weakley's Flora
Native: western North America
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Bracts subtending flowers spinulose-dentate
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Blue to whitish
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
2-lipped 5-lobed corolla
4 fertile stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Mericarp
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