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Agastache pallidiflora

Plant species in the mint family From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

Clade:Tracheophytes
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Asterids
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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
(A.Heller) Rydb., 1906
Subspecies and varieties[2]
  • A. pallidiflora var. gilensis R.W.Sanders
  • A. pallidiflora var. greenei (Briq.) R.W.Sanders
  • A. pallidiflora var. harvardii (A.Gray) R.W.Sanders
  • A. pallidiflora subsp. neomexicana (Briq.) Lint & Epling
  • A. pallidiflora subsp. pallidiflora
Synonyms[2]
List
    • Brittonastrum pallidiflorum A.Heller (1899)
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Description

Flowers.

It is a perennial herb that grows up to 4 ft (120 cm) tall.[3] Leaves are semi-evergreen, simple and opposite in arrangement.[3] Flower petals are white to purple in color and bloom July to October.[4] It grows in moist canyons.[3]

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.[5]

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