Agastache scrophulariaefolia: UW-Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium: Plant Details Page

Agastache scrophulariaefolia (Willd.) Kuntze image

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Family Lamiaceae
Agastache scrophulariaefolia (Willd.) Kuntze
figwort giant hyssop, purple giant hyssop
Agastache: from agan, "very much," and stachys, "an ear of corn or wheat," having many spikes
scrophulariaefolia: leaves like Scrophularia

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Status:	Native
Plant:	erect, perennial, 3'-5' tall, aromatic forb; stems square, branched toward the top
Flower:	pink to purplish, 5-parted, 1/2" long, slightly irregular, not hairy; inflorescence dense whorls of flowers forming a 6" cylindrical spike; blooms Aug.-Sept.
Fruit:	1-seeded nutlet
Leaf:	opposite, mostly hairless beneath
Habitat:	dry; upland woods
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Synonyms

Agastache scrophulariaefolia (Willd.) Kuntze var. mollis (Fernald) A.Heller
Hyssopus scrophulariaefolius Willd.
Lophanthus scrophulariaefolius (Willd.) Benth.
Lophanthus scrophulariaefolius (Willd.) Benth. var. mollis Fernald

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