Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences

Agastache wrightii (Greenman) Wooton & Standley
(White Giant Hyssop)


Family: Lamiaceae

Status: Native

Synonyms:
Cedronella wrightii Greenman

Agastache wrightii is our only member of the Agastache genus with a blue corolla in the Gila area. Over half of the length of the upper calyx teeth lack chlorophyll. Agastache wrightii is found in canyon bottoms in the foothills.

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Agastache wrightii, photo Radha Veach, Grant County, Sycamore Canyon south of Gila, October 2, 2026




Agastache wrightii, inflorescence, photo Radha Veach, Grant County, Sycamore Canyon south of Gila, October 2, 2026




Agastache wrightii, inflorescence, photo Radha Veach, Grant County, Sycamore Canyon south of Gila, October 2, 2026




Agastache wrightii, inflorescence, photo Radha Veach, Grant County, Sycamore Canyon south of Gila, October 2, 2026




Agastache wrightii, front of leaf, photo Radha Veach, Grant County, Sycamore Canyon south of Gila, October 2, 2026




Agastache wrightii, back of leaf, photo Radha Veach, Grant County, Sycamore Canyon south of Gila, October 2, 2026




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