Hyssop

Hyssopus officinalis

Lamiaceae

Growth Habit

Shrub

Description

Subshrub or suffrutescent perennial; aromatic. Stems 18" to 24", hairless to very hairy; leaveslinear-lanceolate to elliptic lanceolate, 3/4" to 1 1/2" long, and 5/8" wide, short-petioled; verticillasters 6- to many-flowered; calyx tubular, to 5/16" long, corolla 1/2" long, deep bluish-violet, or, in cultivars, white, rose or red. A variable species.

Source of plant

Nichols Garden Nursery, Pinetree Garden Seeds, Richters, Thompson & Morgan, Cornell Botanic Gardens

USDA Hardiness Zone

6

Special characteristics

fragrance, medicinal/pharmaceutical, other ethnobotanical uses