General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 2 to 3 feet
Plant Spread: 1 to 2 feet
Leaves: Fragrant
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Lavender
Pink
Other: Lavender, pale pink to rose-pink, rarely white
Bloom Size: 2"-3"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Medicinal Herb
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Root
Division
Pollinators: Bees

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Common names
  • Mintleaf Beebalm
  • Wild Bergamot
  • Bee Balm
  • Beebalm
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Monarda fistulosa var. menthifolia
  • Synonym: Monarda fistulosa subsp. fistulosa var. menthifolia
  • Synonym: Monarda menthifolia

Photo Gallery
Location: Golden Gate State Park, Colorado
Date: 07/27/2009
photo by Carol Jacobs-Carre via Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/ph
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2020-07-11
Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa var. menthifolia)

Courtesy Outsidepride
  • Uploaded by vic

Date: August
credit: Jerry Friedman

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