Anise Hyssop
Scientific Name:Agastache foeniculum
Common Name Synonyms:Lavender Hyssop, Blue Giant Hyssop, Fragrant Giant Hyssop


NOTES: Mint family (square stems, opposite leaves, and two-lipped, open-mouthed, tubular flowers). Also called "Blue Giant Hyssop."

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Anise Hyssop
Genus species: Agastache foeniculum
Common Names: Anise Hyssop
Lavender Hyssop
Blue Giant Hyssop
Fragrant Giant Hyssop
Family Name: Lamiaceae  
Annual or perennial herbs or shrubs, the stems square, and foliage often aromatic; leaves opposite, simple; flowers bisexual, mostly irregular, the corolla frequently 2-lipped; fruit splitting into 4 nutlets.
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Introduced Native
Category:Wildflower
Flower Color:Violet/Blue
Months in Bloom:  
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