Lamiaceae
Eastern false dragonhead
Physostegia purpurea
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Physostegia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Eastern false dragonhead
Synonyms
- Dracocephalum obovatum Elliott
- Dracocephalum purpureum (Walter) E.M.McClint. ex Gleason
- Physostegia obovata (Elliott) R.K.Godfrey ex Weath.
- Physostegia virginiana var. obovata (Elliott) A.Gray
- Prasium purpureum Walter
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Valerie Anderson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Valerie Anderson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Longsepal false dragonheadPhysostegia longisepalaLamiaceae
- Western false dragonheadPhysostegia parvifloraLamiaceae
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- Ledingham's false dragonheadPhysostegia ledinghamiiLamiaceae
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.