PHYSOSTEGIA VIRGINIANA | False Dragonhead

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PHY-VIR

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"False Dragonhead, Dragon Head, Lion's Heart, Obedient Plant"

Physostegia is from the Greek for "bladder covering" referring to the inflated appearance of the flowers. Virginiana means "of Virginia" referring to the location where it was first found and studied.

False-Dragonhead-|-Physostegia virginiana

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Sun Exposure	Prairie, Savanna
Soil Moisture	Wet Mesic, Mesic, Dry Mesic
Bloom Time	Summer, Fall August, September
Bloom Color	Pink
Max Height	4 feet
Wetland Code	FACW-
Germ Code	C(60)
Seeds Per Ounce	11,000

False Dragonhead is found throughout the Tallgrass Prairie region on the dry soils of open woods and cleared areas. Flowers from April to June and the blooms from range from pink to rose to violet; sometimes white. Leaves are opposite on the stem and have no petiole (leaf stem). Seed pods "explode" when dry.

Edible Uses: Unknown

Medicinal Uses: Unknown

Herbal Uses: Unknown