Physostegia Seeds
''Physostegia'', the lionshearts or false dragonheads (in reference to their similarity to ''Dracocephalum''), is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, native to North America (United States, Canada, northern Mexico). They are erect rhizomatous herbaceous perennials inhabiting damp, sunny places. They grow up to tall with purple or pink tubular flowers in racemes in summer. The generic name comes from two Greek words, ''physa'' (a bladder) and ''stege'' (a covering), referring to the calyx, which becomes full of fruit when mature. ''Physostegia virginiana'' is the most common species, and is known as "obedient plant". ;Species # '' Physostegia angustifolia'' Fernald - lower Mississippi Valley, southern Great Plains # '' Physostegia correllii'' (Lundell) Shinners - Texas, northern Mexico # '' Physostegia digitalis'' Small - Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama # '' Physostegia godfreyi'' P.D.Cantino - Florida Panhandle # '' Physostegia intermedia'' (Nutt.) Enge ...
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Physostegia Virginiana
''Physostegia virginiana'', the obedient plant, obedience or false dragonhead, is a species of flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It is native to North America, where it is distributed from eastern Canada to northern Mexico. ''Physostegia'' are known commonly as obedient plants because a flower pushed to one side will often stay in that position.''Physostegia virginiana''.
Missouri Botanical Garden. The name “false dragonhead” refers to the dragonheads of the related '''', a genus to which the plant once belonged.
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