genus

Moluccella

Moluccella

Field notes

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 metre (3 ft 3 in) or more with toothed leaves and small white fragrant flowers.

Species

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

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Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

From USDA PLANTS.