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Monarda fistulosa (mintleaf beebalm; Oswego-tea; wild bergamot; wildbergamot beebalm; wildbergamot horsemint)

Synonyms: Monarda caerulea; Monarda fistulosa f. fistulosa; Monarda fistulosa var. typica

Wikipedia Abstract

Wild bergamot or bee balm (Monarda fistulosa) is a wildflower in the mint family (Lamiaceae) widespread and abundant as a native plant in much of North America. This plant, with showy summer-blooming pink to lavender flowers, is often used as a honey plant, medicinal plant, and garden ornamental. The species is quite variable, and several subspecies or varieties have been recognized within it.
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Infraspecies

Monarda fistulosa var. fistulosa (mintleaf beebalm) (Attributes)
Monarda fistulosa var. longipetiolata
Monarda fistulosa var. maheuxii
Monarda fistulosa var. mahuexii
Monarda fistulosa var. menthifolia (mintleaf bergamot)
Monarda fistulosa var. mollis (wild bergamot)
Monarda fistulosa var. rubra (wild bergamot)
Monarda fistulosa var. stipitatoglandulosa (wild bergamot)

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Pollinators [2]  Bees
Structure [3]  Herb
Usage [2]  The leaves have been used as an insect repellent;
Height [2]  4.92 feet (1.5 m)
Width [2]  20 inches (0.5 m)
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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 4Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 5Robertson, C. Flowers and insects lists of visitors of four hundred and fifty three flowers. 1929. The Science Press Printing Company Lancaster, PA.
♦ 6Clements, R. E., and F. L. Long. 1923, Experimental pollination. An outline of the ecology of flowers and insects. Washington, D.C., USA, Carnegie Institute of Washington.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0