Other common names:
Catnip Giant Hyssop Other scientific names: Hyssopus nepetoides, Lophanthus nepetoides French names:
Agastache faux-népéta Family: Mint Family (Lamiaceae) Flowers: Summer; Yellow; Irregular flowers Leaves: Opposite/Whorled, Simple Height:
60-180 cm (23-70 in) Habitat: Forests Grows in Sun/Shade:
Shade Books: Newcomb's Wildflower Guide: 82 Native/Non-native:
Native Notes:
Not prized for its beauty, it is a plant for naturalized gardens and pollinators. Research has shown this to be one of Ontario's top 20 plants for feeding pollinating insects. Because it is rare in southern Ontario, except west of London, it should not be planted in the wild.
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Yellow Giant Hyssop flower spike.
Individual flower.
flowers.
An entire Yellow Giant Hyssop plant. It can get fairly tall.
A young plant.
Yellow Giant Hyssop leaves.
Underside of leaf.
Stem.
Dried out stem in April.
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