Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Monarda fistulosa +
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Monarda fistulosa +
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
LESS THAN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 164-23-003:
Monarda fistulosa
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
COMMON NAME:
Wild Bergamot
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_m_fistulosa
June
Outer bracts green or reddish, depending on variety, per Weakley's Flora.
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_monarda_fistulosa_1c
June
A tuft of hairs at tip of the upper lip sets this apart from other Monarda, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
JK Marlow jkm080729_042
July Haywood County NC
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Bergamot's chief pollinators are bumblebees and butterflies, per Book of Field and Roadside.
JK Marlow jkm080729_048
July Haywood County NC
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Each floret is bisexual, its color attracting long-tongued pollinators, per Book of Field and Roadside.
JK Marlow s080729_b
July Haywood County NC
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Leaves deltoid-lanceolate, base slightly tapered to truncate, ~ serrate, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
Patrick D. McMillan pdmmfistulosa_3
July-August?
Florets develop progressively from center of cyme outward, per Book of Field and Roadside.
Gill Newberry gn08_m_fistulosa_headlike
August
The final stage is a bald central cyme ringed by a fringe of florets, per Book of Field and Roadside.
Gill Newberry gn08_m_fistulose_tope_of2
August
Orifice of the calyx densely hirsute with numerous erect, stiff, white hairs, per Weakley's Flora.