Dracocephalum parviflorum Nutt.

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Regeneration Processes:

American dragonhead is a seedbanking species. Seeds are large and are
not wind-dispersed. Buried seeds remain viable for a long period of
time [13]. Seeds require fire or other disturbance for germination
[20].

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National Distribution:
Canada

Origin: Native

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

United States

Origin: Unknown/Undetermined

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Unknown/Undetermined

Confidence: Confident

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Phenology:

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American dragonhead flowers from June to August in the Intermountain
region [8], and from June to September in the Great Plains [15].

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Distribution:

American dragonhead is distributed from Quebec to Alaska, south to
Arizona in the West, Missouri in the central United States, and North
Carolina in the East [8,12,29].

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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Dracocephalum parviflorum:

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 2
Specimens with Barcodes: 2
Species With Barcodes: 1

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Regional Distribution in the Western United States:

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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

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National NatureServe Conservation Status:
Canada

Rounded National Status Rank: N5 - Secure

United States

Rounded National Status Rank: NNR - Unranked

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Occurrence in North America:

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

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NatureServe Conservation Status:

Rounded Global Status Rank: G5 - Secure

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Description:

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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].

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