Agastache pallidiflora
Agastache pallidiflora, commonly known as New Mexico giant hyssop or Bill Williams Mountain giant hyssop, is a plant in the mint family. It is a perennial herb with semi-evergreen leaves. Leaves are simple and opposite in arrangement. It grows in moist canyons.[1] 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.[2]
| Agastache pallidiflora | |
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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 (Heller) Rydb. | |
| Subspecies | |
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A. p. neomexicana | |
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