Al Schneider's Rocky Mountains Plant Descriptions

Nettle-leaf Giant Hyssop
Agastache urticifolia
Mint family (Lamiaceae)

Like all mints, Horsemint has square stems and opposite leaves. Leaves can be used as flavoring in teas and other foods. The showy flowers are a favorite of bees and other insects.


©2010 Barry Breckling

Description

Aromatic , 1-4' tall, with numerous square, 4-sided stems. White-purple trumpet-shaped flowers have a and 4 projecting from mouth. Numerous flowers are arranged in dense whorls forming a conspicuous . Leaves are , arrow-shaped, coarsely , and green on both sides.

Field Marks

Square stem, and protruding .

© Al Schneider

stamen -- the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower; The stamen consists of an anther supported by a filament.

A perennial plant lives and blooms for many years.

A herb is a plant whose stems die back to the ground in the winter.

terminal -- Located at the end (the tip or the apex).

Like the teeth on a saw, leaves and other surfaces can have toothed edges.

In an opposite leaf arrangement the leaves come in pairs with one leaf on each side of a stem.

A spike is an unbranched, indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are without stalks.

stigma - The tip of a pistil that receives the pollen.