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Monarda
Monarda is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. The genus is endemic to North America. 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 botanist Nicolás Monardes, who wrote a book in 1574 describing plants of the New World.
19 branches of this group, most-observed first
wild bergamot
speciesMonarda fistulosa
Scarlet Beebalm
speciesMonarda didyma
white bergamot
speciesMonarda clinopodia
Eastern Beebalm
speciesMonarda bradburyana
Redpurple Beebalm
speciesMonarda russeliana
Ouachita beebalm
speciesMonarda stipitatoglandulosa
Lindheimer's Beebalm
speciesMonarda lindheimeri
Purple Bergamot
speciesMonarda media
Yellow Flowered Beebalm
speciesMonarda luteola
South Appalachian beebalm
speciesMonarda austroappalachiana
Monarda pringlei
speciesMonarda pringlei
Monarda × medioides
hybridMonarda × medioides
Simmer's Beebalm
speciesMonarda simmersii
Smoke Hole Bergamot
speciesMonarda brevis
Max's Beebalm
speciesMonarda maxmedleyi
Shale-barren Beebalm
speciesMonarda reedii
Monarda bartlettii
speciesMonarda bartlettii
Monarda malloryi
speciesMonarda malloryi
Monarda eplingiana
speciesMonarda eplingiana
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1693638.