Agastache pallidiflora, commonly known as New Mexico giant hyssop or Bill Williams Mountain giant hyssop, is a plant in the mint family. It is a perennial herb with semi-evergreen leaves. Leaves are simple and opposite in arrangement. It grows in moist canyons.[1] 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.[2]
Agastache pallidiflora | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Lamiaceae |
Genus: | Agastache |
Species: | A. pallidiflora |
Binomial name | |
Agastache pallidiflora (Heller) Rydb. | |
Subspecies | |
A. p. neomexicana |
Taxon identifiers | |
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Agastache pallidiflora | |
Brittonastrum pallidiflorum |
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