| Dragonhead mint | |
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| Dracocephalum parviflorum | |
| Conservation status | |
 Secure (NatureServe) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Dracocephalum |
| Species: | D. parviflorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Dracocephalum parviflorum Nutt. | |
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List
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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. 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 small (about 2 mm), dark, and high in oil content, about 20%.
A 2006 study suggests that this mint may have application as a commercial birdseed crop in Alaska.
References
- 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.
- NatureServe (1 November 2024). "Dracocephalum parviflorum". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ^ "Dracocephalum parviflorum Nutt". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- 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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| Dracocephalum parviflorum |
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