Dracocephalum origanoides Steph. - grows on stony and detritous habitats in highlands of Central Asia, West Siberia, Mongolia and China.

A tundro-steppen vegetation at Lake Tarkhattinskoe situated south of the junction of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii and Sailyugem mountain ranges 2325 m above sea level, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 9th July 1998. O. Kosterin.