Lamiaceae

Thymeleaf dragonhead

Dracocephalum thymiflorum L.

Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Dracocephalum

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Thymeleaf dragonhead: Змееголовник тимьяноцветковый — Photo: https://www.inaturalist.org/people/convallaria1128, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (10)

Belarusian: Змеегалоўнік чаборакветкавы, Змеегалоўнік чабаракветны
Bulgarian: Драконче
Czech: Včelník douškolistý
English: Thymeleaf dragonhead
Estonian: Karvane tondipea
Finnish: Ketoampiaisyrtti
German: Thymianblütiger Drachenkopf
Latvian: Mārsila pūķgalve
Russian: Змееголовник тимьяноцветковый, Змееголовник тимьяноцветный
Swedish: Rysk drakblomma

Synonyms

Dracocephalum thymifolium Houtt.
Moldavica thymiflora (L.) Rydb.
Ruyschiana thymifolia (L.) House
Zornia parviflora Moench

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

Photo: https://www.inaturalist.org/people/convallaria1128, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Evgeniya, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Naderifar, Maryam & Sonboli, Ali & Gholipour, Abbas., CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ольга miz1704, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Naderifar, Maryam & Sonboli, Ali & Gholipour, Abbas., CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: ivan nur, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Дозорова Дина, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Evgeniya, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

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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.