| Scientific Name: | Agastache mexicana |
| Common Name: | agastache, Mexican hyssop |
| Family Name: | Lamiaceae |
| Origin: | Mexico, North America |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Columnar |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Attract butterflies, Bedding plant, Container planting, Herb, Perennial border, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Ovate, Crenate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Verticillaster, Orange, Pink, Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Fruit: | Schizocarp, Brown, Oct-Nov |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Stems square in c.s., 60-120cm tall; leaves opposite, ovate, serrated, lower surface downy, lemon fragrance, up to 4cm long; florets 2-lipped, tubular, <2cm long, clustered in whorls to form verticillasters up to 30cm long. | |