Moluccella Explained

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

Cultivation

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

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=128941 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2010). Flora Iberica 12: 1-650. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
3. Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2012). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 4: 1-431. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.