NameThatPlant.net: Monarda punctata var. punctata

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Monarda punctata var. punctata FAMILY Lamiaceae Go to FSUS key

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Read more about Monarda at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Monarda punctata ssp. punctata var. punctata FAMILY Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-23-004:

Monarda punctata FAMILY Lamiaceae

COMMON NAME:
Eastern Horsemint, Spotted Beebalm

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Monarda punctata var. punctata FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Monarda punctata ssp. punctata var. punctata FAMILY Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-23-004:
Monarda punctata FAMILY Lamiaceae

944

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: maritime forests, dunes, roadsides, rocky or sandy woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in SC Coastal Plain (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves have petioles.

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pale yellowish petals nearly overshadowed by large pinkish subtending bracts
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-toothed calyx
2-lipped tubular corolla
2 exserted stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of mericarps

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