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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Monarda citriodora var. citriodora
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Monarda citriodora ssp. citriodora var. citriodora
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-23-005:
Monarda citriodora FAMILY Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH A review of the genus Monarda (Labiatae) (McClintock & Epling, 1942)
Monarda citriodora ssp. citriodora
(?) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Monarda dispersa
COMMON NAME:
Lemon Bergamot, Lemon Mint
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_modi7_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm180601_2604
June Greenville County SC
Lake Conestee Nature Park
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JK Marlow jkm180601_2606
June Greenville County SC
Lake Conestee Nature Park
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JK Marlow jkm180601_2612
June Greenville County SC
Lake Conestee Nature Park
Leaves 1-3" long, lanceolate with a short petiole, remotely toothed, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm180601_2613
June Greenville County SC
Lake Conestee Nature Park
Calyx lobes attenuated into a spinose awn 2-7mm long, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm180601_2651
June Greenville County SC
Lake Conestee Nature Park
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Larry Mellichamp lar_m_citriodora
Month Unknown
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Larry Mellichamp lar_m_citriodora_c
Month Unknown
Similar to M. punctata, but an annual with a white to pink corolla and..., per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
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Larry Mellichamp lar_m_citriodora_d
Month Unknown
... aristate calyx teeth that are 3mm or longer, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
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Larry Mellichamp lar_m_citriodora_f
Month Unknown
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Monarda citriodora var. citriodora
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Monarda citriodora ssp. citriodora var. citriodora
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-23-005:
Monarda citriodora
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
A review of the genus Monarda (Labiatae) (McClintock & Epling, 1942)
Monarda citriodora ssp. citriodora
(?)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Monarda dispersa
2897
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Prairies, oak savannas, roadsides, other disturbed places, per Weakley's Flora
Native: south central US
Rare in GA-NC-SC
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite or whorled
Leaves have petioles.
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Pinkish/ White/ Lavender
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-toothed calyx
2-lipped tubular corolla
2 exserted stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p205
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p082
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p222
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p263
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