Agastache rugosa
Agastache rugosa, also known as wrinkled giant hyssop, Korean mint, purple giant hyssop, Indian mint, Chinese patchouli, or Huoxiang, is an aromatic herb in the mint family, native to East Asia.
Description
A. rugosa is a perennial plant growing up to tall, with square stalks that branch at the upper part. The oval-cordate leaves are oppositely arranged, long and broad, with coarsely serrated margins. Some leaves have hair and/or touches of white on the underside. The leaves are slightly larger than those of anise hyssop.From July to September in the Northern Hemisphere, purple bilabiate flowers bloom in verticillasters that are long and broad. The calyx is long, with five narrow triangular lobes. The petals are long, lower ones longer and the ones inside serrated. They range in color from rose to violet. The stamens are didynamous, long, and exposed. The fruit is schizocarp, with obovate elliptical mericaps of.
Chemical constituents
Chemical compounds found in the plant include:- Estragole, plant
- p-Anisaldehyde, plant
- 4-methoxycinnamaldehyde, shoot
- Pachypodol, leaf
- Methylchavicol,
- d-Limonene
- Caryophyllene
- Hexadecanoic acid
- Linoleic acid
- Octahydro-7-methyl-methylene-4--1H-cyclopentacyclopropabenzene
Cultivation
The plant can be propagated by both sexual and asexual means. The seeds gathered in autumn can be sown in the spring. One can also dig out the plant in autumn or early spring, divide the roots, and plant them at intervals of.