Dracocephalum moldavica, the Moldavian dragonhead,[2] is an annual herbaceous plant.
The first formal botanical description of D. moldavica was by Linnaeus in Species Plantarum 2:595.
[2] Although there is no precise accounting of its native range, Dracocephalum moldavica is known to be native to the temperate climate of Asia; in China (Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Xinjiang and Shanxi provinces); Russia (Primorsky Krai; eastern and western Siberia); Tajikistan; and Turkmenistan.
[2] Dracocephalum moldavica is an introduced plant to diverse parts of the United States, and is now present in Connecticut, Nebraska, Vermont, and Wisconsin.
[3] Media related to Dracocephalum moldavica at Wikimedia Commons