Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Monarda media
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
NEW! Click to go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Purple Beebalm at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Monarda media
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-23-001?:
Monarda didyma
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
COMMON NAME:
Purple Beebalm, Purple Bergamot
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
)
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_mome_001_lvd
)
Patrick D. McMillan pdmmmedia_brp2
August? NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Deep reddish purple flowers and dark purple floral bracts, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
)
Patrick D. McMillan pdmmmedia_brp3
August? NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Monarda media
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Monarda media
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-23-001?:
Monarda didyma
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
2707
Forb
Perennial
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Habitat: Grassy balds, moist slopes, mostly at high elevations, per Weakley's Flora
NEW! Click here to see a map from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US showing range and abundance.
Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves have petioles.
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Reddish-purplish
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-toothed calyx
2-lipped tubular corolla
2 exserted stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!