Biology:Monarda clinopodia
| 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 
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| 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]
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]
Biology & Ecology
M. clinopodia typically grows in moist woods, thickets, ravines, and stream-banks and may also appear along roadsides.[5][6]
References
- ↑ "Plants Profile for Monarda clinopodia (white bergamot)". https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=MOCL.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Monarda clinopodia (basil bee-balm): Go Botany". https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/monarda/clinopodia/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Fernald, M.L.. Gray's Manual of Botany. pp. 1237.
- ↑ "Monarda clinopodia (Basil Beebalm, Basil Bergamot, White Bergamot) | North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox". https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/monarda-clinopodia/.
- ↑ Magee, Dennis W. (2007). Flora of the Northeast : a manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York. Harry E. Ahles (2nd ed.). Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press. ISBN 978-1-55849-577-7. OCLC 192042365. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/192042365.
- ↑ Gleason; Cronquist, Henry A.; Arthur (1991). Manual of Vascular Plants of the Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada (2nd ed.). New York Botanical garden. pp. 455. ISBN 0-89327-365-1.
Wikidata ☰ Q15342522 entry
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