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



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

SYNONYMOUS WITH A review of the genus Monarda (Labiatae) (McClintock & Epling, 1942)

Monarda punctata ssp. punctata

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Monarda punctata

 

COMMON NAME:
Eastern Horsemint, Spotted Beebalm


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image of Monarda punctata var. punctata, Eastern Horsemint, Spotted Beebalm

Gill Newberry    gn07_springjuly302007_058

July        

image of Monarda punctata var. punctata, Eastern Horsemint, Spotted Beebalm

Jerry Bright    jeb_mg_1745

September    Orangeburg County    SC

Leaves lance-shaped to elliptic. All parts of the plant pleasantly aromatic, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

image of Monarda punctata var. punctata, Eastern Horsemint, Spotted Beebalm

JK Marlow    jkm160915_088

September    Beaufort County    SC

Spring Island

image of Monarda punctata var. punctata, Eastern Horsemint, Spotted Beebalm

JK Marlow    jkm160915_091

September    Beaufort County    SC

Spring Island

image of Monarda punctata var. punctata, Eastern Horsemint, Spotted Beebalm

JK Marlow    jkm160915_092

September    Beaufort County    SC

Spring Island

image of Monarda punctata var. punctata, Eastern Horsemint, Spotted Beebalm

JK Marlow    jkm160915_094

September    Beaufort County    SC

Spring Island

image of Monarda punctata var. punctata, Eastern Horsemint, Spotted Beebalm

JK Marlow    jkm160915_096

September    Beaufort County    SC

Spring Island

image of Monarda punctata var. punctata, Eastern Horsemint, Spotted Beebalm

JK Marlow    jkm160915_097

September    Beaufort County    SC

Spring Island

image of Monarda punctata var. punctata, Eastern Horsemint, Spotted Beebalm

JK Marlow    jkm081009_190

October    Dorchester County    SC

McAlhany Nature Preserve

image of Monarda punctata var. punctata, Eastern Horsemint, Spotted Beebalm

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_monarda_punctata_17c

October        

Pale yellow petals with dark purple spots nearly overshadowed by the bracts, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

image of Monarda punctata var. punctata, Eastern Horsemint, Spotted Beebalm

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_monarda_punctata_4

October        

Large, leaflike, showy, pink-to-lavender subtending bracts, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH A review of the genus Monarda (Labiatae) (McClintock & Epling, 1942)
Monarda punctata ssp. punctata

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Monarda punctata

 

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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)

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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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