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Agastache foeniculum (Pursh) Kuntze - syn.Hyssopus anisatus Nutt.; Hyssopus foeniculum (Pursh) Spreng.; Lophanthus anisatus (Nutt.) Benth. - Lamiaceae - anise hyssop, blue giant hyssop, licorice mint, Anis-Ysop
Perennial herb, up to 1m tall, native to Northern America, naturalized and cultivated elsewhere; leaves ovate, toothed; flowers purple.
The headspace volatiles from A.foeniculum leaves were dominated by methylchavicol (up to 97%), alpha-pinene, myrcene, and limonene.
[Headspace analysis of the volatile oils of Agastache., Wilson, L.A., Senechal, N.P., Widrlechner, M.P., Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 40(8), 1992, 1362-1366]
estragole (methyl chavicol, R=H)
The essential oil obtained by hydrodistillation from A.foeniculum cultivated in Iran (1.87% d.w.) contained mainly methyl chavicol (87.5%). Other major components were limonene (2.4%), 1,8-cineole (2.0%) and globulol (1.4%).
[Essential oil composition of Agastache foeniculum cultivated in Iran., Omidbaigi, R., Sefidkon, F., Journal of Essential Oil Research, 15(1), 2003, 52-53]
Edwards’s Botanical Register, vol.15 t.1282 (1829) [M. Hart]
http://plantgenera.org/species.php?id_species=27281