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Lamiaceae
False Dragonhead
Physostegia virginiana
flexibility and obedience.
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Physostegia
- Native to
- North America
- Bloom season
- Summer, Fall
- Type
- herbaceous perennial
- Height
- 60-120 cm
- Sunlight
- full sun to partial shade
- Soil
- moist, fertile
- Water
- moderate to high
- Hardiness
- 3-9
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- It is also called obedient plant because individual flowers can be pushed to any position on the stem and will stay there.
- The hinged flowers remain wherever you place them due to a unique flexible joint at the base of each flower.
- Despite being called obedient, the plant itself is anything but, spreading aggressively by rhizomes in rich, moist soil.
- The genus name Physostegia means bladder covering, referring to the inflated calyx that surrounds the developing seeds.
- It is one of relatively few members of the mint family that are native to North America rather than the Old World.
Color meanings
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flexibility
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obedience
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compliance
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adaptability