Yellow Giant Hyssop (Agastache nepetoides (L.) Kuntze)
↑Summary
An herbaceous perennial of the mint family, with long spikes of not particularly showy flowers. Native across a fairly narrow band of central to eastern North America; common in some areas and scattered to local in others.
↑Range - Expand
| Legend | Color |
| Native | |
| Native or Not Present |
This tentative map is based on our own research. It may have limited data on Canada and/or Mexico, and there is some subjectivity in our assignment of plants as introduced vs. expanded. Read more in this blog post.
Although this plant occurs somewhere in each of these regions, it may only occur in a small part of some or all of them.
↑Habitat
Prefers light to medium shade, rich soils, and average to moist conditions.
Rich deciduous woodlands, especially borders and gaps in such woodlands. This species benefits from human alteration of the environment, creating more habitat for it where roads and power lines cut through forests. This species may benefit from deer overpopulation as its foliage is unpalatable to deer.
↑Uses
Occasionally cultivated in gardens, particularly native plant gardens, but less frequently planted than other Agastache species. Thrives in a suburban garden environment, and valued for being easy to grow and resisting browsing by deer.
↑Links & External Resources
• Agastache nepetoides (Yellow Giant Hyssop) | Illinois Wildflowers (About This Site)
• Agastache nepetoides (Yellow Giant Hyssop) | USDA PLANTS Database (About This Site)
• Agastache nepetoides | Go Botany (About This Site)
• Agastache nepetoides (Yellow Giant Hyssop) | Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder (About This Site)
• Agastache nepetoides | Biota of North America Project (BONAP) (About This Site)
• Agastache nepetoides | NatureServe Explorer (About This Site)
• Agastache nepetoides | Missouri Plants (About This Site)
• Yellow Giant Hyssop | Maryland Biodiversity Project (About This Site)
• Agastache nepetoides (Yellow Giant Hyssop) | Minnesota Wildflowers (About This Site)
• Agastache nepetoides (L.) Kuntze (Yellow Giant Hyssop) | Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora (About This Site)
