Anise Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum)


 



































     The Anise Hyssop is a perennial, native wildflower in Wisconsin. It grows two to four feet tall. The flower is a thick spike cluster, one to three inches long, made of many light blue flowers that are 1/4-inch long, tightly packed together. The leaves are pointed, lance-shaped, and toothed. They are two to three inches long, attached with a short leafstalk. The leaves are opposite on the stalk. Anise Hyssop grows in dry soil, in sun or shade, in deciduous woodlands or prairies. (SF)