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Basil Bergamot (Monarda clinopodia) Buncombe Co., NC 8 July 2006 Fairly common in forested areas of the NC mountains and piedmont. |
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Basil Bergamot (Monarda clinopodia) Buncombe Co., NC 8 July 2006 |
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Basil Bergamot (Monarda clinopodia) Watauga Co., NC 26 July 2006 The amount of pink color in the flowers and subtending bracts is quite variable for this species and some populations may warrant recognition at the species of subspecies level. |
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Basil Bergamot (Monarda clinopodia) Watauga Co., NC 26 July 2006 |
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Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) Buncombe Co., NC 8 July 2006 Common in the NC mountains and piedmont along moist woodland edges, roadsides, fields, etc. |
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Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) Buncombe Co., NC 8 July 2006 |
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Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa fistulosa) St. Clair Co., MI 7 July 2012 |
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Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa fistulosa) St. Clair Co., MI 7 July 2012 Long straight hairs on the leaf undersurface characterizes this subspecies. |
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Bee-balm (Monarda didyma) Watauga Co., NC 21 July 2006 Common in the NC mountains and rare elsewhere, Bee-balm is an excellent flower for attracting hummingbirds, both in the garden and in the wild. |
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Bee-balm (Monarda didyma) Watauga Co., NC 21 July 2006 |
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Bee-balm (Monarda didyma) Watauga Co., NC 21 July 2006 Generally grows in along seepages, streambanks, and other wet places in partly shaded conditions. |
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Eastern Horse-mint (Monarda punctata var. punctata) Brunswick Co., NC 13 Aug 2006 Common in the NC coastal plain (and uncommon elsewhere), Eastern Horse-mint grows along roadsides and in various rocky/sandy habitats. |
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Eastern Horse-mint (Monarda punctata var. punctata) Brunswick Co., NC 13 Aug 2006 |
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Eastern Horse-mint (Monarda punctata var. punctata) Brunswick Co., NC 13 Aug 2006 |
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Eastern Horse-mint (Monarda punctata var. punctata) Brunswick Co., NC 13 Aug 2006 |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.
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