Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Agastache scrophulariifolia
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read about Agastache scrophulariifolia disappearing from floodplains and bottomlands from Linda Chafin and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Read more about Purple Giant-hyssop at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agastache scrophulariifolia
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-07-001:
Agastache scrophulariaefolia
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
COMMON NAME:
Purple Giant-hyssop
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_agsc_001_lvd
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Jeff Ausmus jma_agascr
July Monroe County MI
In cultivation
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Jeff Ausmus jma_agascr2
July Washtenaw County MI
In cultivation
Leaves lance-shaped or oval, base flattish to heart-shaped, coarsely toothed, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast.
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Jeff Ausmus jma_agascr3
July Washtenaw County MI
In cultivation
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Jeff Ausmus jma_agascr5
July Washtenaw County MI
In cultivation
Flowers and small pinkish-white bracts densely packed in 6" terminal spikes, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast.
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Jeff Ausmus jma_agascr5b
July Washtenaw County MI
In cultivation
The purplish flowers are 1/2" long with 4 protruding stamens, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Jeff Ausmus jma_agascr6
July Monroe County MI
In cultivation
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Jeff Ausmus jma_agascr4b
August Monroe County MI
In cultivation
The leaves are anise-scented when bruised, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast.
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JK Marlow jkm111008_778
October Jackson County NC
Balsam Mountain Preserve
The erect, purple-tinged 4-sided stems have hairs only on the angles, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Agastache scrophulariifolia
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agastache scrophulariifolia
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-07-001:
Agastache scrophulariaefolia
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
1924
Forb
Perennial
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC -
Uncommon (rare in GA)
Look for it in rich woodlands and forests, bottomlands, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves have petioles.
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomatous, clump-forming
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White/Lavender/Pinkish
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
2-lipped corolla
4 exserted stamens
Superior ovary
Inflorescence a terminal spike
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Schizocarp of mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p084
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia p035
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p322
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p216
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p142