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Dracocephalum parviflorum Nutt.
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This species can be found in the following regions of the western United States (according to the Bureau of Land Management classification of Physiographic Regions of the western United States):
1 Northern Pacific Border
2 Cascade Mountains
3 Southern Pacific Border
4 Sierra Mountains
5 Columbia Plateau
6 Upper Basin and Range
7 Lower Basin and Range
8 Northern Rocky Mountains
9 Middle Rocky Mountains
10 Wyoming Basin
11 Southern Rocky Mountains
12 Colorado Plateau
13 Rocky Mountain Piedmont
14 Great Plains
15 Black Hills Uplift
16 Upper Missouri Basin and Broken Lands
AK AZ CA CO CT DE ID IL IN IA
KY ME MD MA MI MN MO MT NE NV
NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OR PA RI
SD TN UT VT VA WA WV WI WY AB
BC MB NT ON PQ SK YT
Rounded Global Status Rank: G5 - Secure
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American dragonhead is a native annual, biennial, or short-lived
perennial forb. Solitary or clustered stems arise from a taproot and
are 6 to 32 inches (15-80 cm) tall [8]. Leaves are coarsely serrate and
flowers are crowded in a dense terminal or axillary cluster. The fruits
are nutlets [29].
American dragonhead is classified as rare in New York. Its state rank
there is listed as S1 (critically imperiled in New York State because of
extreme rarity or is extremely vulnerable to extirpation from New York
State due to biological factors) [30].
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This species is known to occur in association with the following cover types (as classified by the Society of American Foresters):
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Occurs in most SAF Cover Types within its range
Dracocephalum parviflorum, known as dragonhead mint or American dragonhead, is a wild North American mint growing across much of the United States (especially in the Great Lakes region and in the deserts and mountains of the West), as well as much of Canada and Alaska.[2][3] It grows as either an annual or biennial, producing clusters of small pink to violet flowers in whorls at the ends of many branching stems. The seeds are very small (about 2 mm), dark, and high in oil content, about 20%.
A recent study suggests that this mint may have application as a commercial birdseed crop in Alaska.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 3: 114.
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution map
- ^ Dragonhead mint (Dracocephalum parviflorum Nutt.) as a potential agronomic crop for Alaska, 2006. Bob Van Veldhuizen and Charlie Knight.
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This species is known to occur in association with the following plant community types (as classified by Küchler 1964):
Occurs in most Kuchler Plant Associations within its range
American dragonhead
false dragonhead
dragonhead
dragon's head