| Physostegia virginiana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Physostegia |
| Species: | P. virginiana
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| Binomial name | |
| Physostegia virginiana (L.) Benth.
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Physostegia virginiana, the obedient plant, obedience or false dragonhead,[2] 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.[2] Physostegia are known commonly as obedient plants because a flower pushed to one side will often stay in that position.[3] The name “false dragonhead” refers to the dragonheads of the related Dracocephalum,[3] a genus to which the plant once belonged.[1]
- ^ a b Physostegia virginiana. NatureServe. 2012.
- ^ a b "Physostegia virginiana". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
- ^ a b Physostegia virginiana. Missouri Botanical Garden.