Agastache urticifolia

Taxobox
name = "Agastache urticifolia"

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image_width = 210px
image_caption = nutlets
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Lamiaceae
genus = "Agastache"
species = "A. urticifolia"
binomial = "Agastache urticifolia"
binomial_authority = (Benth.) Kuntze

"Agastache urticifolia" is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name nettle-leaf giant hyssop. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Colorado, where it grows in many habitat types. This is an aromatic perennial herb growing an erect stem with widely spaced leaves, each lance-shaped to nearly triangular and toothed. The leaves are up to 8 centimeters long and 7 wide. The inflorescence is a dense spike of many flowers. Each flower has long sepals tipped with bright purple and tubular corollas in shades of pink and purple. The fruit is a light brown, fuzzy nutlet about 2 millimeters long. The plant was used medicinally by several Native American groups, especially the leaves.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?4745,4753,4755 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AGUR USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://herb.umd.umich.edu/herb/search.pl?searchstring=Agastache+urticifolia Ethnobotany]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Agastache+urticifolia Photo gallery]