Agastache pallidiflora
{{Short description|Plant species in the mint family}}
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| image = Agastache pallidiflora var. pallidiflora - Flickr - aspidoscelis.jpg
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| genus = Agastache
| species = pallidiflora
| authority = (A.Heller) Rydb., 1906
| subdivision_ranks = Subspecies and varieties
| subdivision_ref = {{cite POWO |id=444499-1 |title=Agastache pallidiflora (A.Heller) Rydb. |access-date=5 November 2024}}
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| 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 |
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| Brittonastrum pallidiflorum | A.Heller (1899)
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Agastache pallidiflora, commonly known as New Mexico giant hyssop or Bill Williams Mountain giant hyssop, is a plant in the mint family.
Description
File:Agastache pallidiflora var. pallidiflora - Flickr - aspidoscelis (1).jpg
It is a perennial herb that grows up to {{Convert|4|ft|cm|abbr=on}} tall. Leaves are semi-evergreen, simple and opposite in arrangement. Flower petals are white to purple in color and bloom July to October.{{Cite web |title=Species Detail Forb |url=https://cals.arizona.edu/yavapaiplants/SpeciesDetailForb.php?genus=Agastache&species=pallidiflora |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=cals.arizona.edu}} It grows in moist canyons.{{Cite web|title=Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin|url=https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=AGPA|access-date=|website=www.wildflower.org}}
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.{{Cite web|url=http://herb.umd.umich.edu/herb/search.pl?searchstring=Agastache+pallidiflora|title = BRIT - Native American Ethnobotany Database}}
References
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Category:Flora of the South-Central United States
Category:Flora of Northeastern Mexico
Category:Plants used in traditional Native American medicine
Category:Taxa named by Amos Arthur Heller
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