lovely old world esque obedient plant blossoming physostegia virginiana

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Lovely, Old-World-esque, Obedient Plant Blossoming - 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. The name âfalse dragonheadâ refers to the dragonheads of the related Dracocephalum, a genus to which the plant once belonged.It is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial producing clumps of stiff, squared stems 2â4Â ft (0.61â1.22Â m) tall. The leaves are lanceolate and toothed. The inflorescence is a long, dense raceme containing many tubular pink flowers which resemble snapdragons. The open fruit is shaped like a vase and contains four triangular, black seeds.