Dracocephalum

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Dracocephalum ruyschiana 1.jpg

|image_caption = Dracocephalum ruyschiana

|display_parents = 2

|taxon = Dracocephalum

|authority = L. (1753)

|synonyms =

• Cephaloma {{small|Neck. (1790), opus utique oppr.}}
• Dracontocephalium {{small|Hassk. (1844)}}
• Fedtschenkiella {{small|Kudr. (1941)}}
• Hyssopus {{small|L. (1753)}}
• Lallemantia {{small|Fisch. & C.A.Mey. (1840)}}
• Moldavica {{small|Fabr. (1759)}}
• Ruyschia {{small|Fabr. (1759), nom. superfl.}}
• Ruyschiana {{small|Mill. (1754)}}

|synonyms_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331573-2 Dracocephalum L.] Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 April 2024.

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Dracocephalum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. These flowers, collectively called dragonhead, are annual or perennial herbaceous plants or subshrubs, growing to 15 to 90 centimeters tall. The genus has 89 species as currently circumscribed, which includes the formerly separate genera Hyssopus, Lallemantia, and others. Older circumscriptions include 60Sonboli, A., et al. (2011). [http://www2.sci.u-szeged.hu/ABS/2011/Acta%20HPb/55227.pdf Molecular characterization of Iranian Dracocephalum (Lamiaceae) species based on RAPD data.] Acta Biologica Szegediensis 55(2), 227-30. to 70 species.Lazarević, P., et al. (2009). [http://www.bio.bas.bg/~phytolbalcan/PDF/15_2/15_2_04_Lazarevic_%26_al.pdf On the distribution of Dracocephalum ruyschiana (Lamiaceae) in the Balkan Peninsula.] Phytologia Balcanica 15(2), 175-79.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=110891 Dracocephalum.] Flora of China.