FOIBIS

Species Details -
Hyssopus officinalis L.  

Accepted name: Hyssopus officinalis L.  
Synonym(s):
English names: Hyssop
Official Hyssop
French names: Hysope officinale
Classification: Kingdom:  Plantae
Divison:   Magnoliophyta
Class:   Magnoliopsida
Order:   Lamiales
Family:   Lamiaceae
OPL Code: HHYSOF
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998)
Lifeform: 2
Lifecycle: P
Source database: FOIBIS, June 2005-2012
Floristic Affinities: -
Distribution: -
Ecosystem:
Microhabitat:
Ethnobotanical Notes: Grown for the essential oil of the herb, as a medicinal and flavouring plant in Europe (esp. Southern France, Italy, the Balkan peninsula, Hungary, former Czechoslovakia, Germany, Crimea), in Kashmir, China, North America and elsewhere(1).
Key Characters: -

Species Codes
NRVIS ID
151046
General Status
OMNR Status
COSEWIC
SRANK
SNA
GRANK
G?
Med Flag
MED
Bayer Codes
HYSOF
 


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