What is "dracocephalum"

Dracocephalum \Dra`co*ceph"a*lum\ prop. n. A genus of American herbs and dwarf shrubs of the mind family; the dragonheads.

Syn: genus Dracocephalum.

Dracocephalum is a genus of about 60 to 70 species of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. These flowers, collectively called dragonhead, are annual or perennial herbaceous plants or subshrubs, growing to 15 to 90 centimeters tall.