| Family | LAMIACEAE |
| Genus species | Dracocephalum ruyschiana L. |
| Synonyms | Dracocephalum angustifolium Gilib. |
| Dracocephalum hyssopifolium Mart. ex Steud. | |
| Dracocephalum spicatum (Mill.) Dulac | |
| Habitat | grassland and woods |
| Altitude | 300-2200m |
| Description | leaves narrowly lanceolate, glabrous, entire, with revolute margins, flowers 2-3cm long, in whorls of 2-6, in terminal spike |
| Size | 15-25cm |
| Color | blue |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuft |
| Cultivation | cold, semi-shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division in early spring; basal cuttings in late spring |
| Territory |
Europe
Northern Europe (Norway , Sweden ) Middle Europe (Austria , Germany , Hungary , Poland , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (France ) Southeastern Europe (Italy , Romania ) Eastern Europe (Belarus , Baltic States , Central European Russia , East European Russia , North European Russia , Northwest European Russia , Ukraine ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Chita , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva , West Siberia , Yakutskiya ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan , Kirgizistan , Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan ) Caucasus (North Caucasus , Transcaucasus ) Western Asia (Turkey ) China (Inner Mongolia , Manchuria , Xinjiang ) Mongolia |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
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| Comments | LAMIACEAE
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