Moluccella



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


 * Species
 * 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

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