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Lamiaceae
Lavender Hyssop
Agastache foeniculum
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- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Agastache
- Native to
- North Central United States, Canada
- Bloom season
- Summer, Fall
- Type
- herbaceous perennial
- Height
- 2-4 ft
- Sunlight
- full sun
- Soil
- well-drained, sandy to loamy
- Water
- low to moderate
- Hardiness
- 4-8
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- Its leaves have a strong anise-licorice fragrance and flavor, earning it the name anise hyssop.
- Native American tribes including the Cheyenne used it to make a fragrant tea and as a cough remedy.
- A single plant can produce enough nectar to attract dozens of bees and butterflies simultaneously.
- It readily self-seeds, forming expanding colonies in meadows and prairies.
- Despite its common name, it is not a true hyssop (Hyssopus) but belongs to the giant hyssop genus Agastache.
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