Inflorescences close-up; Botanical Garden of the J.W. Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany; 6/2008 © Jörn Germer
Inflorescence; Botanical Garden of the J.W. Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany; 6/2008 © Jörn Germer
Upper and lower surface of leaf; Botanical Garden of the J.W. Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany; 6/2008 © Jörn Germer
Leaf insertion; Botanical Garden of the J.W. Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany; 6/2008 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Botanical Garden of the J.W. Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany; 6/2008 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 844 Date of entry: 17.06.2008 Last update: 11.01.2020
English: Nordic Dragonhead
German: Nordischer Drachenkopf
Mandarin: 青兰 (qing lan)
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Lamiales (199)
Family: Lamiaceae (99)(family description)
Genus: Dracocephalum (1)
Epithet: ruyschiana L. (1)
ruyschiana => in honor of Frederik Ruysch, 17th century Dutch anatomist and botanist
Climate: temperate
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: blue
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