Agastache nepetoides (L.) Ktze. GIANT YELLOW HYSSOP. (As
Lophanthus nepetoides) Ontario: "Along the railway between
Niagara Falls and Lake Ontario. (Macoun.) Chippawa .... (Maclagan.),"
Macoun (1884). (As Lophanthus nepetoides), "near DeVeaux
College. Between Niagara Falls and Lake Ontario (Macoun on the authority of Dr.
Maclagan)," Day (1888). Ontario, Niagara Park System (as Lophanthus
nepetoides), Cameron (1895). Ontario: Queenston, John Macoun, July 27,
1877; Niagara Falls, Wm. Scott, Aug. 14, 1896, Heimburger (1955). "...
near DeVeaux College, above Whirlpool (Day, Cat. Niag. Fl.). Ontario: between
Niagara Falls and Lake Ontario (Macoun, Cat. of Can. Pl.)," Zenkert
(1934).
Range:
Ont-swPQ. Status: Rare in Canada. Threatened in Wisconsin. Rare in Minnesota,
Argus & White (1977). Listed as rare in the Niagara Frontier Region by
Zander and Pierce (1979). This species is on the Rare Plant Status List of the
New York Natural Heritage Program (Clemants, 1989).
Agastache scrophulariaefolia (Willd.) Kuntze. PURPLE
GIANT HYSSOP. "Borders of thickets along the slopes of Queenston Heights,
one mile beyond Queenston station. (Macoun). Macoun (1884). (As Lophanthus
scrophulariaefolius Benth.), "slopes of Queenston Heights
(Macoun)," Day (1888).
Listed as rare in the
Niagara Frontier Region by Zander and
Pierce (1979). Range: swOnt. Status: Rare and possibly extirpated in
Canada, Argus & White (1977). A pre-1925 collection is noted in the Niagara
area of Ontario by Morton (in Argus, et al., 1987).