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Agastache pallidiflora
Also called Mountain Giant Hyssop, New Mexico Giant Hyssop
Bill Williams Mountain giant hyssop is a perennial herb in the mint family, growing up to about 1.2 m tall with white to purple flowers from July to October. It is native to moist canyons from Colorado to northeastern Mexico and suits gardens with good drainage and summer moisture.
Agastache pallidiflora, commonly known as New Mexico giant hyssop or Bill Williams Mountain giant hyssop, is a plant in the mint family.
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.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Agastache pallidiflora by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
