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purple giant hyssop

Agastache scrophulariifolia

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Common names

8 names · 6 languages
EnglishYour language
Other languages (5)
Dutch
  • Dropplant
  • Reuzenhyssop
French
  • agastache à feuilles de scrofulaire[1][3]
Chinese (Simplified)
  • 玄参叶藿香[3]
Chinese (Traditional)
  • 玄參葉藿香[3]
  • 紫藿香[3]
Finnish
  • lakritsi-iiso[3]
Sources & name notes (3)

Names recorded in our plant catalogue and botanical sources, grouped by language. Usage can vary by region.

Catalogue language labels are reviewed separately from botanical source records.

Numbered references identify names recorded by an external source. Other names are from our plant catalogue.

[1] Agastache scrophulariifolia — iNaturalist taxon names ↗

Community-curated iNaturalist taxonomy. This is a common-name attestation, not an independent botanical determination.

Source records
  • purple giant hyssop — results[0].names[2]; taxon id 158084; Agastache scrophulariifolia.
  • agastache à feuilles de scrofulaire — results[0].names[3]; taxon id 158084; Agastache scrophulariifolia.
[2] Catalogue of Life 2026-08-20 — Agastache scrophulariifolia ↗

Common names from World Plants, version 26.05, reproduced in Catalogue of Life 2026-08-20. License: CC BY.

Source records
  • Purple giant hyssop — VernacularName.tsv, line 159736; taxon 6626J.
[3] Agastache scrophulariifolia — iNaturalist taxon names ↗

Community-curated iNaturalist taxonomy; common-name attestation, not an independent botanical determination.

Source records
  • purple giant hyssop — results[4].names[2]; taxon id 158084; Agastache scrophulariifolia.
  • agastache à feuilles de scrofulaire — results[4].names[3]; taxon id 158084; Agastache scrophulariifolia.
  • 玄参叶藿香 — results[4].names[4]; taxon id 158084; Agastache scrophulariifolia.
  • lakritsi-iiso — results[4].names[5]; taxon id 158084; Agastache scrophulariifolia.
  • 玄參葉藿香 — results[4].names[6]; taxon id 158084; Agastache scrophulariifolia.
  • 紫藿香 — results[4].names[7]; taxon id 158084; Agastache scrophulariifolia.
Plant references

Source-backed information

Published observations for this plant. Each reference supports the information beside it.

Taxonomy
Agastache scrophulariifolia is an accepted species in Catalogue of Life.

Taxonomic treatment in the August 2026 release; the catalogue record name is preserved.

Sources [1]
Botanical family
Lamiaceae

Family in the cited taxonomic treatment.

Sources [1]
Pollinator guidance
RHS includes Agastache species in its Plants for Pollinators guidance.

Genus-level guidance, not a rating for this individual species or a particular cultivar. RHS planting guidance. Choose accessible flowers with pollen and nectar; reduced-resource and double-flowered forms may be unsuitable.

Sources [2]
Native range
E. Canada, NC. & E. U.S.A.

Explicit native locality records in Kew WCVP v16; introduced and doubtful distributions excluded. Continent conversion follows the documented geographic mapping.

Sources [3]
Catalogue ratings

Who this plant supports

Honey bees

Medium suitability
Nectar value Medium
Pollen value Medium
Plant profile

About this plant

purple giant hyssop (Agastache scrophulariifolia) is a herbaceous plant. It flowers from July to September.

Sources and references

References for the information marked with source numbers on this page.

Sources checked
  1. Catalogue of Life Agastache scrophulariifolia — Catalogue of Life COL26.8

    COL26.8 (2026-08-20). Contributing checklist: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World. This is taxonomic evidence, not an independent ecological study.

    Supports: TaxonomyBotanical family
    Relevant sections
    • Taxonomy: NameUsage.tsv line 1942299; ID 6626J; rank species; status accepted
    • Botanical family: NameUsage.tsv line 1942299; ID 6626J; rank species; status accepted

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    Source data licence: CC BY 4.0.

  2. Royal Horticultural Society RHS Plants for Pollinators — Garden Plants

    RHS planting guidance; applicable flower-form restrictions are retained. General recommendations do not measure local nectar or pollen production.

    Supports: Pollinator guidance
    Relevant sections
    • Pollinator guidance: Page 2, column 2, entry Agastache species (top 547 pt)

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  3. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Agastache scrophulariifolia — Kew WCVP native distribution

    Native distribution and taxonomic treatment from the official WCVP v16 export (4 June 2026). The link opens the corresponding POWO taxon. Source rows are retained in the native-range audit archive.

    Supports: Native range
    Relevant sections
    • Native range: WCVP v16; wcvp_names.csv lines 949245; wcvp_distribution.csv native locality lines 5759, 5760, 5761, 5762, 5763, 5764, 5765, 5766, 5767, 5768, 5769, 5770, 5771, 5772, 5773, 5774, 5775, 5776

    Source checked on .

    Source data licence: CC BY 3.0.