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Britton), commonly called anise hyssop, blue giant hyssop, Fragrant giant hyssop, or the lavender giant hyssop, is a species of perennial plant in the mint family (Lamiaceae). This plant is native to much of north-central and northern North America. It is tolerant of deer and drought, and is visited by many pollinators.
By far the best-known species is the herb hyssop (H. officinalis), widely cultivated outside its native area in the Mediterranean. Though commonly called "hyssop", anise hyssop (Agastache foeniculum; also called blue giant hyssop) and all Agastache species are not members of Hyssopus. However, both genera are in the mint family. Species [2]
Hyssopus officinalis or hyssop is a shrub in the Lamiaceae or mint family native to Southern Europe, the Middle East, and the region surrounding the Caspian Sea. Due to its purported properties as an antiseptic , cough reliever , and expectorant , it has been used in traditional herbal medicine .
Agastache rupestris in bloom.. Agastache (/ ˌ æ ɡ ə ˈ s t ɑː k iː /) is a genus of aromatic flowering herbaceous perennial plants in the family Lamiaceae.It contains 22 species, mainly native to North America, one species native to eastern Asia.
Anise hyssop [4] Agastache foeniculum: Perennial 7 10 no feral minor (1858–2787 kg/ha) [6] F Blue bugle, bugleherb, bugleweed, carpetweed, common bugle [4] Ajuga reptans: Perennial 5 6 feral minor F Chives [4] Allium schoenoprasum: Perennial 5 9 no cultivated minor C, F Garlic chives: Allium tuberosa: Perennial 8 9 no cultivated minor F ...
The leaves are slightly larger than those of anise hyssop. [9] From July to September in the Northern Hemisphere, purple bilabiate flowers bloom in verticillasters that are 5–15 cm (2–6 in) long and 2 cm (3 ⁄ 4 in) broad. [8] The calyx is 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) long, with five narrow triangular lobes. [8]
Anise (/ ˈ æ n ɪ s /; [3] Pimpinella anisum), also called aniseed or rarely anix, [4] is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae [2] native to the eastern Mediterranean region and Southwest Asia. [ 5 ]
Agastache scrophulariifolia, also known as the purple giant hyssop, [a] is a perennial plant that grows throughout the United States and northern Ontario, Canada. Its name comes from the similarity of its leaves to plants of the genus Scrophularia . [ 3 ]