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Agastache nepetoides

Agastache nepetoides

9.9
A tall, long-lived plant with yellow-green flower spikes that attract bees
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  • The tall stalks of Agastache nepetoides attract bees and butterflies in the summer garden.

Examples

  • We spotted Agastache nepetoides growing wild along the woodland edge.

  • Gardeners often plant Agastache nepetoides for its unique, yellow-green flower spikes.

  • The Agastache nepetoides blooms beautifully in late summer.

  • Have you seen the Agastache nepetoides in the garden?

  • Many gardeners grow Agastache nepetoides for its tall, attractive flower spikes that bloom in summer.

  • The vibrant yellow-green flowers of Agastache nepetoides add a splash of color to the garden.

  • In the wild, Agastache nepetoides can often be found thriving along sunny woodland edges.

Synonyms

yellow giant hyssop
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9.5

A tall plant with yellow-green flowers that lives for many years

is the formal scientific name for the same plant species

Surface Forms

Agastache nepetoides singular
Agastache nepetoides plural

Morphology

Agastache + nepetoides

The Latin binomial form (genus + species) makes it fairly clear that this is a particular kind of Agastache, so a learner who knows 'Agastache' as an aromatic mint genus will infer it is a specific plant in that group. However, the species epithet 'nepetoides' is a Latinized form whose precise meaning (and the specific traits it signals) is not likely accessible to a B1 learner, so the full sense is not predictable without prior exposure or botanical knowledge.

Etymology

Agastache nepetoides may come from old Greek words: Agastache meaning 'large spike' (for its tall flower spikes) and nepetoides meaning 'like Nepeta', a kind of mint. So the name helps you remember that this plant is mint-like with big, yellow-green flower spikes.