Threadleaf giant hyssop

Taxobox
name = "Threadleaf giant hyssop "

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image_caption = Photograph by Charlie McDonald.
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Lamiaceae
genus = "Agastache"
genus_authority = Gronov.
species = "Agastache rupestris "
status = VU
synonyms =
*Licorice Mint
*Sunset Hyssop

Threadleaf giant hyssop ("Agastache rupestris"), also known as Licorice Mint, is a wildflower of the mint family ("Agastache") native to the mountains of Arizona, New Mexico, and Chihuahua, Mexico. [http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/agastache_rupestris.shtml US Forest Service: Agastache rupestris] ] Popular in xeriscaping because of its heat tolerance and ability to thrive in dry, nutrient-poor soil, it is often planted in a containers or as a border flower and used to attract hummingbirds. [http://zipcodezoo.com/Plants/A/Agastache_rupestris.asp Zipcode Zoo: Agastache rupestris] ] Displaying gray-green stems and leaves while dormant, its orange flowers with purple buds bloom forth from mid-summer until the fall; if crushed the pedals exude a pleasant scent.

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