| Family | LAMIACEAE |
| Genus species | Dracocephalum ruyschiana L. |
| Bibliography | Sp.. Pl. 1: 595 (1753) |
| Native Range | Europe to Mongolia |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | stony grassland |
| Altitude | 300-2200m |
| Description | leaves opposite, sessile, linear, 3-6cm, dark green, narrowly cuneate, obtuse, margins involute, flowers in 4-6 whorls of 2-6, corolla 2-3cm long |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | blue-violet |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
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| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division in early spring; basal cuttings in late spring |
| Synonyms | Dracocephalum alpinum Salisb. Dracocephalum angustifolium Gilib. Dracocephalum hyssopifolium Mart. ex Steud. Dracocephalum ruyschiana var. alpinum Herder Dracocephalum ruyschiana var. pauciflorum Regel Dracocephalum spicatum (Mill.) Dulac Ruyschiana fasciculata Clairv. Ruyschiana ruyschiana (L.) House Ruyschiana spicata Mill. Zornia linearifolia Moench |
| Territory | 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (NOR Norway, SWE Sweden) 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, GER Germany, HUN Hungary, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France) 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy, ROM Romania) 14 Eastern Europe (BLR Belarus, BLT Baltic States, RUC Central European Russia, RUE East European Russia, RUN North European Russia, RUS South European Russia, RUW Northwest European Russia, UKR Ukraine) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TKM Turkmenistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (TUR Turkey) 36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHM Manchuria, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |
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