Lamiaceae
Nettleleaf giant hyssop
Agastache urticifolia
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Agastache
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Common names
By language (7)
- Arabic
- أغستاش قراصي الأوراق
- arz
- اغستاش قراصى الاوراق
- English
- Nettleleaf giant hyssop
- Finnish
- Hammasiiso
- nv
- Tsékʼi naʼałchʼízhii
- Persian
- نعنای اسب
- Swedish
- Nässelisop
Synonyms
- Agastache glaucifolia A.Heller
- Agastache urticifolia var. glaucifolia (A.Heller) Cronquist
- Lophanthus urticifolius Benth.
- Vleckia urticifolia (Benth.) Raf.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to August (from 474 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- red (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Lindsey K. Wise, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Erica Krimmel, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Daughter Dad, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Daughter Dad, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dcrjsr, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: rickr, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sue Elwell, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Drew Avery, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: dougbrown, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tim Messick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.