Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

Details of genus: Hyssopus [1927]

genus_ja:

genus_en: Hyssop

# spp.:

pub_year:

accepted:

Family: Lamiaceae

family_ja: シソ

Infra familial classification:

distribution_en:

description_en: Genus of about 5 often variable species of aromatic herbaceous perennials and evergreen or semi-evergreen shrubs, occurring in dry, sandy, and rocky sites from the Mediterranean to C. Asia. The linear to lance-shaped, ovate, or oblong leaves are mid- or blue-green. Tubular, violet-blue to pink flowers are borne in whorls on narrow, spike-like, terminal inflorescences H. officinalis and its cultivars are grown for their aromatic foliage and flowers, and are excellent for a rock garden or herb garden. They are also suitable for low hedging, and for growing at the base of a warm, sunny wall or in containers. The flowers are attractive to bees and butterflies; the foliage has culinary and medicinal uses.

hardiness_en: Fully hardy.

cultivation_en:

propagation_en: Sow seed in containers in a cold frame in autumn. Root soft-wood cuttings in summer.

pests_en: Trouble free.

description_ja:

comment:

comment_ja: ヒソップ(hyssop)

type_species:

Phylogenetic definition:

Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2020-09-04 03:56

family: