Agastache pallidiflora

Agastache pallidiflora, commonly known as New Mexico giant hyssop or Bill Williams Mountain giant hyssop, is a plant in the mint family.

Agastache pallidiflora

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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Agastache
Species:
A. pallidiflora
Binomial name
Agastache pallidiflora
(Heller) Rydb.
Subspecies

A. p. neomexicana
A. p. pallidiflora

Description

Flowers.

It is a perennial herb that grows up to 4 ft (120 cm) tall.[1] Leaves are semi-evergreen, simple and opposite in arrangement.[1] Flower petals are white to purple in color and bloom July to October.[2] It grows in moist canyons.[1]

Uses

It is used by the Ramah Navajo as a ceremonial chant lotion, for bad coughs, and the dried, pulverized root used as dusting powder for sores or cankers. The Ramah also use it a fumigant for "deer infection", as a febrifuge, and to protect from witches.[3]

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