Lamiaceae
Obedient plant
Physostegia virginiana
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Physostegia
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Common names
By language (6)
- Chinese
- 假龙头花, 随意草, 芝麻花
- English
- Obedient plant, False dragonhead, Obedience
- Finnish
- Kellopeippi, Tähkäkellopeippi
- French
- Physostegie de Virginie
- German
- Etagenerika
- Japanese
- カクトラノオ
Synonyms
- Dracocephalum virginianum L.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: LinBow, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Plenuska/Kräuterliesel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Plenuska/Kräuterliesel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dguendel, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Haeferl, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Haeferl, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Haeferl, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.