Lamiaceae
Hyssop
Hyssopus officinalis
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Hyssopus
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Common names
By language (46)
- Afrikaans
- Hisop
- Arabic
- زوفا طبية, إنفة, اشنان داوود, جسمي, حسل, حشيشة القدس, زوفا, سيف
- arz
- زوفا طبيه
- Asturian
- Hisopu
- Basque
- Isipu-belar
- Belarusian
- Ісоп лекавы, Красвень, Красвяк, Крузбень, Ізоп
- Bulgarian
- Лечебен исоп
- Catalan
- Hisop
- Chinese
- 神香草, 宽唇神香草, 柳薄荷, 海索草, 牛膝草
- Croatian
- Izop
- Czech
- Yzop lékařský
- Danish
- Ægte isop
- dsb
- Yzop
- Dutch
- Hyssop, Hysop
- English
- Hyssop
- Esperanto
- Oficina hisopo
- Estonian
- Harilik iisop
- Finnish
- Iisoppi, Rohtoiisoppi
- French
- Hysope
- German
- Ysop, Echter Ysop
- Greek
- Ύσσωπος ο φαρμακευτικός
- Hebrew
- בן אזוב מצוי
- hsb
- Jězop
- Hungarian
- Kerti izsóp
- Irish
- Íosóip íceach, Íosóip
- Italian
- Dracocephalum officinale, Issopo officinale
- Japanese
- ヤナギハッカ, ヒソップ, ヒソプス・オフィキナリス, 柳薄荷
- Latvian
- Ārstniecības izops
- Lithuanian
- Vaistinis isopas
- Luxembourgish
- Ysop
- Macedonian
- Изоп, Милодух
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Isop
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Isop
- os
- Хосгæнæн цъæх цæвæгхос
- Persian
- زوفا
- Polish
- Hyzop lekarski
- Russian
- Иссоп лекарственный, Душница, Иссоп обыкновенный, Иссопова трава, Пчелиная трава, Синий зверобой
- Serbian
- Милодух
- Slovak
- Yzop lekársky
- Slovenian
- Navadni ožepek, Navadni ožep
- Swedish
- Isop
- Thai
- หุสบ
- Turkish
- Züfa Otu, Zufa otu
- Ukrainian
- Гісоп лікарський
- Urdu
- زوفا
- Welsh
- Isop
Synonyms
- Hyssopus officinalis var. vulgaris Benth.
- Thymus hyssopus E.H.L.Krause
Flowers
- In flower
- August to October (from 171 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Denis Bastianelli, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: castieler, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Vincenzo Lattanzi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Robert Flogaus-Faust, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yuliana Leshchenko, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stanislav Murashkin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Flavien Saboureau, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vitold Muratov, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Елена Патерикина, 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.