Lamiaceae
Purple giant hyssop
Agastache scrophulariifolia
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Agastache
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Common names
By language (3)
- Arabic
- أغستاش غدبي الأوراق
- English
- Purple giant hyssop
- Persian
- زوفای بزرگ ارغوانی
Synonyms
- Agastache scrophulariifolia var. mollis (Fernald) A.Heller
- Hyssopus catariifolius Benth.
- Hyssopus scrophulariifolius Willd.
- Lophanthus scrophulariifolius (Willd.) Benth.
- Lophanthus scrophulariifolius var. mollis Fernald
- Vleckia cordifolia Raf.
- Vleckia scrophularifolia (Willd.) Raf.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: aarongunnar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: aarongunnar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: aarongunnar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Bob, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alaina Krakowiak, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: stephen.kinyon, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: jesc, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kelsey S, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.