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Monarda is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. [ 3] The genus is endemic to North America. [ 2][ 4] Common names include bergamot, bee balm, horsemint, and oswego tea, the first being inspired by the fragrance of the leaves, which is reminiscent of bergamot orange ( Citrus bergamia ). The genus was named for the Spanish ...
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.
Monarda fistulosa is an herbaceous perennial that grows from slender creeping rhizomes, thus commonly occurring in large clumps. The plants are typically up to 3 ft (0.91 m) tall, with a few erect branches. Its leaves are 2–3 in (5.1–7.6 cm) long, lance-shaped, and toothed. Its compact flower clusters are solitary at the ends of branches.
Description. M. didyma is a perennial plant that grows to 0.6–1.2 metres (2–4 feet) in height and spreads 0.4–0.6 m ( –2 ft). The medium to deep green leaves are 7–15 centimetres (3–6 inches) long, shaped ovate to ovate-lanceolate, with serrate margins, placed opposite on square, hollow stems. The leaves are minty fragrant when crushed.
Nonnatives include astilbe, Russian sage, cleome, lilac, and Rose of Sharon. Readers can pose questions or get more information by calling 417-874-2963 and talking to one of the trained volunteers ...
Lemon balm ( Melissa officinalis) [ note 1] is a perennial herbaceous plant in the mint family and native to south-central Europe, the Mediterranean Basin, Iran, and Central Asia, but now naturalised elsewhere. It grows to a maximum height of 1 m (3 ft 3 in). The leaves have a mild lemon scent. During summer, small white flowers full of nectar ...
The fringe-y flowers of bee balm are a pollinator magnet. Available in shades of red and pink, these flowers bloom for weeks. Make sure to plant where there’s good air circulation around them ...
Monarda citriodora. Cerv. ex Lag. [ 1] Monarda citriodora is a species of flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae, that is native to the southern United States [ 2] and northern Mexico. [ 1][ 3] Common names include lemon beebalm, [ 4][ 2] lemon mint (this may also apply to Eau de Cologne mint or Melissa officinalis) and purple horsemint.