Agastache pallidiflora

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

Agastache pallidiflora
Conservation status
Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
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 (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)

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]