Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Agastache scrophulariifolia
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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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 Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Agastache scrophulariifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-07-001:
Agastache scrophulariaefolia FAMILY Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Agastache scrophulariaefolia
COMMON NAME:
Purple Giant-hyssop
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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 (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).
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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 (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).
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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 (Smith, 1998).
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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 (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).
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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 (Chafin, 2007).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Agastache scrophulariifolia
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agastache scrophulariifolia
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Agastache scrophulariifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-07-001:
Agastache scrophulariaefolia
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Agastache scrophulariaefolia
1924
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Rich woodlands and forests, bottomlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves have petioles.
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomatous, clump-forming
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White/Lavender/Pinkish
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
2-lipped corolla
4 exserted stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
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 (Newcomb, 1977) p084
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p035
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p322
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p216
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p142
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