Lamiaceae Agastache pallidiflora ssp. neomexicana var. neomexicana (Briq.) R.W. Sanders
New Mexico Giant Hyssop
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Witchcraft Medicine
Use documented by:
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 41
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Agastache pallidiflora ssp. neomexicana var. neomexicana (Briq.) R.W. Sanders
Scientific name: Agastache pallidiflora ssp. neomexicana var. neomexicana (Briq.) R.W. Sanders
USDA symbol: AGPAN2 (
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Common names: New Mexico Giant Hyssop
Family: Lamiaceae
Family (APG): Lamiaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Witchcraft Medicine
Notes: Plant used to protect from witches.
RECRD: 80723 id: 1707