Lamiaceae FAMILY

Agastache foeniculum

Edibility

4/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Agastache foeniculum is an erect, clump-forming herbaceous, perennial plant growing 60 - 120cm tall. The plant forms a cluster of stems from a slowly-spreading rhizomatous rootstock[ 352 Title KemperCentreForHomeGardeningPlantFinder Publication Author Website http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Year 0 ISBN Description Basic cultivation details, plant uses, habitat etc for several thousand species of plants, mainly from the temperate zone. ]. The plant is one of the nicer wild foods and is often harvested from the wild for local use, both as a food and medicine. It is often grown as an ornamental in the garden, valued especially for its attractive flower spikes and their ability to bring bees, butterflies and humming birds into the garden.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeNorthern, western and central N. America - Northwest Territories to Quebec and New Brunswick, south to Colorado and Illinois.

HabitatDry thickets, fields and waste ground[ 43 Title Gray's Manual of Botany.Eighth Edition Publication Author Fernald. M. L. Publisher American Book Co.; New York Year 1950 ISBN 0442222505 Description A bit dated but a good and concise flora of the eastern part of N. America. ] on prairies and plains[ 235 Title An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada Publication Author Britton. N. L. Brown. A. Publisher Dover Publications. New York. Year 1970 ISBN 0-486-22642-5 Description Reprint of a 1913 Flora, but still a very useful book. ].