Monarda clinopodia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Lamiaceae
Subfamilia: Nepetoideae
Tribus: Mentheae
Subtribus: Menthinae
Genus: Monarda
Species: Monarda clinopodia
Name

Monarda clinopodia L.
References

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 22. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Monarda clinopodia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Monarda clinopodia, commonly known as white bergamot, basil bee balm or white bee balm, is a perennial wildflower in the mint family, Lamiaceae. This species is native to North America, ranging north from New York, west to Missouri, and south to Georgia and Alabama.[1] M. clinopodia has also been introduced into Vermont and Massachusetts.[2]

Description

Monarda clinopodia is a perennial herb, growing 1 to 2 m (3 ft 3 in to 6 ft 7 in) in height. Leaves are simple and opposite. Leaf margins have teeth. Leafy bracts white or white-tinged. Corolla is white or pink, dark-spotted, 1.5 – 3 cm long.[3] Flowers are bilateral with four petals, sepals, or tepals in each flower fusing into a cup or tube.[2]

It grows in moist woods, thickets, ravines, and stream-banks. Flowers late June to early September.[3] The plant attracts bees, bumblebees, butterflies, and hummingbirds.[4]

References

"Plants Profile for Monarda clinopodia (white bergamot)". plants.usda.gov. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
"Monarda clinopodia (basil bee-balm): Go Botany". gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
Fernald, M.L. Gray's Manual of Botany. p. 1237.
"Monarda clinopodia (Basil Beebalm, Basil Bergamot, White Bergamot) | North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox". plants.ces.ncsu.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-18.