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 Flowers Patrick Alexander @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Leaves Patrick Alexander @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Plant Max Licher @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial Similar Species: Agastache breviflora
General Desc:
Herbaceous perennial with a woody base; grows in clumps through underground stems (rhizomes); can get bushy in favorable conditions. Produces 1 to several square stems which branch above the base. Leaves fragrant.
Identification notes: Showier than A. breviflora, with wider variety of colors; larger, more prominent flowers and protruding stamens. Tube formed by sepals, up to 1/3 inch, corolla tube 1/3 to 1/2 inch long. Flowers white to purple, tubular with a small lip and hood.
Height:
1 to 3-1/2 feet
Habitat Description: Moist soil in coniferous forests, along mountain streams, woodlands, moist meadows and canyons.
Plant Communities:
Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest, Riparian
Elevation: 5500 - 10000 feet
Color:
White to purple
Shape:
Irregular in elongated clusters
Tubular:
Y
Flowering Period:
Jul - Oct
Description:
Stemless, tubular flowers grow on an elongated cluster (spike) that is denser at the top, 1-1/2 inches long and 3/4 inch thick. Single flowers are about 1/2 inch long and 2-lipped with a spreading, cupped upper lip and a lower lip that bends backwards.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Triangular
Leaf Margin:
Toothed
Leaf Attachment:
Opposite
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Leaves are rounded at the tip and almost flat at the base, to 1-1/2 inches long, deeply veined and lighter green on the underside, may be smooth or have short, soft hairs.
Fruit Type: Nutlet
Fruit Notes: Hard, egg-shaped fruit is 1/16 inch long with hairs at the top.
Seed Notes: Each flower produces 4 nutlets containing tiny dark-colored seeds.
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