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Moluccella

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Moluccella
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Moluccella is a genus of annual and short-lived perennial plants native to Central and Southwestern Asia and the Mediterranean.[1] They are tall, upright, branched plants growing to 1 meter or more with toothed leaves and small white fragrant flowers.[2][3]

Species[1]
  1. Moluccella aucheri (Boiss.) Scheen - Iran, Pakistan
  2. Moluccella bucharica (B.Fedtsch.) Ryding - Uzbekistan
  3. Moluccella fedtschenkoana (Kudr.) Ryding - Uzbekistan and Tajikistan
  4. 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
  5. Moluccella olgae (Regel) Ryding - Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan
  6. Moluccella otostegioides Prain - Pakistan
  7. Moluccella sogdiana (Kudr.) Ryding - Uzbekistan, Tajikistan
  8. Moluccella spinosa L. - Mediterranean from Spain + Algeria to Turkey + Palestine

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Moluccella laevis - MHNT
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Cultivation

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

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