It includes herbs such as sage, hyssop, mint, bee balm and thyme. Anise hyssop was used medicinally by Native Americans for cough, fevers, wounds, diarrhea. Herb hyssop leaves are used as an aromatic condiment. Anise hyssop is considered one of the premier plants for feeding pollinators. Anise hyssop is native to much of north-central and northern North America. In herbal medicine hyssop is believed to have soothing, expectorant, and cough suppressant properties. The young man carries a basin of water, in which is a bough of hyssop. Agastache foeniculum (blue giant hyssop; syn. Plants Profile for Agastache scrophulariifolia (Purple giant hyssop). A plant called hyssop has been in use since classical antiquity. However, they react adversely to growing in close association with hyssop. These are Linden Flowers ("Tilia platyphyllos"), Wild Thyme ("Thymus serpyllum") and Hyssop ("Hyssopus officinalis"). Hyssop can stimulate the gastrointestinal system. Hyssop is a brightly coloured shrub or subshrub that ranges from in height. Hyssop is resistant to drought, and tolerant of chalky, sandy soils.