- Family:
- Lamiaceae Martinov
- Genus:
- Hyssopus L.
Hyssopus officinalis L.

[FTEA]
Lamiaceae (Labiatae), A.J. Paton, G. Bramley, O. Ryding, R.M. Polhill, Y.B. Harvey, M. Iwarsson, F. Willis, P.B. Phillipson, K. Balkwill, C.W. Lukhoba, D.F. Otieno, & R.M. Harley. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2009
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial herb or subshrub 0.1–0.6 m tall
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves sessile, linear, 10–50 × 1–10 mm, entire
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence condensed but with lower verticils remote, forming a 1-sided spike with verticils 6–many-flowered
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx reddish, 4–8 mm long, curved; posterior lip 3-lobed; anterior lip 2-lobed; lobes deltoid and acuminate or aristate, equal with thickened fold at each sinus
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla blue, pink or white, 7–12 mm long, curved, 2-lipped
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 4, ascending under posterior lip, exserted
- Note
- No specimens seen. A native of the Mediterranean and Western Asia cultivated as a herb and ornamental
Native to:
Albania, Algeria, Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, Czechoslovakia, France, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Krym, Morocco, North Caucasus, South European Russi, Spain, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Ukraine, Yugoslavia
Introduced into:
Baltic States, Belgium, Great Britain, New York, Poland, Vermont, Wisconsin
Hyssopus officinalis L. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Lowne, B.T. [s.n.], United Kingdom | K000509339 | Yes | |||
Fercheri, H. [[357]], France | K000509338 | Yes | |||
Sandwith, N.Y. [3354], France | K000509337 | Yes |
First published in Sp. Pl.: 569 (1753)
Accepted by
- Gilman, A.V. (2015). New flora of Vermont. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 110: 1-614.
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Lambion, J., Delvosalle, L. & Duvigneaud, J. (2004). Nouvelle flore de la Belgique du G. D. de Luxembourg, du Nord de la France et des régions voisines, ed. 5: 1-1167. Edition du Patrimoine du Jardin botanique national de Belgique.
- Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542. New York Botanical Garden.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Chadde, S.W. (2019). Wisconsin Flora ed. 2: 1-818. Steve W. Chadde.
- Dimopoulos, P., Raus, T., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, T., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A., & Tzanoudakis, D. (2013). Vascular plants of Greece. An annotated checklist: 1-372. Botanic gardens and botanical museum Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin and Hellenic botanical society, Athens.
- Gilman, A.V. (2015). New flora of Vermont. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 110: 1-614.
- Lambion, J., Delvosalle, L. & Duvigneaud, J. (2004). Nouvelle flore de la Belgique du G. D. de Luxembourg, du Nord de la France et des régions voisines, ed. 5: 1-1167. Edition du Patrimoine du Jardin botanique national de Belgique.
- Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
- Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542. New York Botanical Garden.
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Jex-Blake, Gard. E. Afr., ed. 4: 267 (1957)
Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
- Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt. (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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