WorldFloraDB - Agastache scrophulariifolia

Characteristics

Much like no. 1 [Agastache nepetoides (L.) Kuntze]; lvs glabrous to villous beneath; spikes cylindric or tapering, to 15 cm, 1.5-2 cm thick (including the cors); bracts round-ovate, caudate-acuminate, often projecting; cal 7-9 mm at anthesis, the lobes 2-2.5 mm, lance-triangular, with straight or concave sides, sharply acute or acuminate; cor purplish. Upland woods; Vt. and N.Y. to Minn. and e. S.D., s. to N.C. and e. Kans. Aug., Sept.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

-

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

1.5 - 1.8

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

-

Environment

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity	-
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	medicinal
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	Diuretic (root), Unspecified (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Mode	-
Germination duration (days)	30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°)	12
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-

Images

Leaf

Flower

Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1063608-2
WFO ID	wfo-0000906952
COL ID	6626J
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)	Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Lophanthus scrophulariifolius Vleckia cordifolia Vleckia scrophularifolia Hyssopus scrophulariifolius Hyssopus catariifolius Lophanthus scrophulariifolius var. mollis Agastache scrophulariifolia var. mollis Agastache scrophulariifolia var. scrophulariifolia Agastache scrophulariifolia

WorldFloraDB 2024

Agastache scrophulariifolia (Willd.) Kuntze

Purple giant hyssop (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Agastache