• Common name : Hyssop
• Scientific name : Hyssopusofficinalis
• Family : Lamiaceae
• Native land : Southern Europe eastward to Central Asia
Hyssop is a small herbaceous or semi-woody perennial plant. It grows up to 1.5 feet tall. It has slim, woody quadrangular stems and narrow, elliptical, dotted leaves that grow in pairs on the stem. It has long, leafy, half-whorled spikes of little flowers coloured violet-blue, pink, red, or white. The flowers blossom from June to September. In the European Middle Ages, hyssop was a stewing herb. Its modern uses are for flavouring meats, fish, vegetables, salads, sweets, and liquors. Honey made from hyssop pollen is very delicious. Hyssop oil extracted from the leaves is used as fragrance in soaps and cosmetics.
