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Moluccella

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Moluccella is a genus of annual and short-lived perennial plants native to Central + southwestern Asia and the Mediterranean.[1] They are tall, upright, branched plants to 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) or more with toothed leaves and small white fragrant flowers.[2][3]

Species[1]
  • 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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Cultivation

Marginally frost hardy, these plants prefer full sun and moderately fertile, moist but well-drained soil. Propagation is from seed.

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