White bergamot | |
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Monarda clinopodia iflower. This is a native plant growing wild in Scotts Run Nature Preserve, Fairfax county Virginia, USA. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Lamiaceae |
Genus: | Monarda |
Species: | M. clinopodia
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Binomial name | |
Monarda clinopodia |
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]
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]
M. clinopodia typically grows in moist woods, thickets, ravines, and stream-banks and may also appear along roadsides. [5] [6]
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White bergamot | |
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Monarda clinopodia iflower. This is a native plant growing wild in Scotts Run Nature Preserve, Fairfax county Virginia, USA. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Lamiaceae |
Genus: | Monarda |
Species: | M. clinopodia
|
Binomial name | |
Monarda clinopodia |
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]
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]
M. clinopodia typically grows in moist woods, thickets, ravines, and stream-banks and may also appear along roadsides. [5] [6]
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