Kingdom Plantae Family Lamiaceae Higher classification Lamioideae | Order Lamiales Scientific name Moluccella Rank Genus | |
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Similar Moluccella laevis, Lamiaceae, Prasium, Panzerina, Marrubium | ||
Moluccella laevis bells of ireland
Moluccella is a genus of annual and short-lived perennial plants native to Central + southwestern Asia and the Mediterranean. They are tall, upright, branched plants to 1 meter or more with toothed leaves and small white fragrant flowers.
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- Moluccella aucheri (Boiss.) Scheen - Iran, Pakistan
- Moluccella bucharica (B.Fedtsch.) Ryding - Tajikistan
- Moluccella fedtschenkoana (Kudr.) Ryding - Tajikistan
- Moluccella laevis L. - Bells of Ireland - Turkmenistan, Iran, Iraq, Caucasus, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Turkey; naturalized in scattered locations in Europe, Africa, and North America
- Moluccella olgae (Regel) Ryding - Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan
- Moluccella otostegioides Prain - Pakistan
- Moluccella sogdiana (Kudr.) Ryding - Tajikistan
- Moluccella spinosa L. - Mediterranean from Spain + Algeria to Turkey + Palestine
Moluccella garden plants
Cultivation
Marginally frost hardy, these plants prefer full sun and moderately fertile, moist but well-drained soil. Propagation is from seed.
References
Moluccella Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA