Moluccella


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 or more with toothed leaves and small white fragrant flowers.
;SpeciesMoluccella aucheri Scheen - Iran, PakistanMoluccella bucharica Ryding - TajikistanMoluccella fedtschenkoana Ryding - TajikistanMoluccella laevis L. - Bells of Ireland - Turkmenistan, Iran, Iraq, Caucasus, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Turkey; naturalized in scattered locations in Europe, Africa, and North AmericaMoluccella olgae Ryding - Tajikistan, KyrgyzstanMoluccella otostegioides Prain - PakistanMoluccella sogdiana Ryding - TajikistanMoluccella spinosa L. - Mediterranean from Spain + Algeria to Turkey + Palestine

Cultivation

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