Lamiaceae
Moldavian dragonhead
Dracocephalum moldavica
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Dracocephalum
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Dracocephalum moldavicaLamiaceae
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Common names
By language (17)
- Arabic
- بيقران ملدافي
- Armenian
- Վիշապագլուխ մոլդավական
- arz
- دراكوسيفالوم مولدافيكا
- Azerbaijani
- Moldova ilanbaşı
- Belarusian
- Змеегалоўнік малдаўскі
- Chinese
- 香青兰, 香青蘭, 山薄荷, 摩眼子, 玉米草, 臭仙欢, 臭蒿, 蓝秋花
- Czech
- Včelník moldavský
- English
- Moldavian dragonhead
- Finnish
- Tuoksuampiaisyrtti, Turkkilainen melissa
- German
- Türkischer Drachenkopf, Moldawien-Drachenkopf, Moldawische Melisse
- hsb
- Turkowski pčólnik
- Italian
- Melissa moldavica
- Persian
- بادرشبو, بادرشبی, بردیرش بو
- Polish
- Pszczelnik mołdawski
- Russian
- Змееголовник молдавский, Мелисса турецкая
- Swedish
- Turkisk drakblomma
- Ukrainian
- Змієголовник молдавський
Synonyms
- Dracocephalum fragrans Salisb.
- Dracocephalum moldavica f. albiflorum L.Q.Zhao
- Moldavica moldavica (L.) Britton
- Moldavica punctata Moench
- Moldavica setosa Stokes
- Moldavica suaveolens Gilib.
- Nepeta moldavica (L.) Baill.
- Ruyschiana moldavica (L.) House
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.