Lemon Beebalm

Scientific Name:   Monarda citriodora


Mint family (square stems, opposite leaves, and two-lipped, open-mouthed, tubular flowers). Deer resistant.

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Lemon Beebalm

Genus species: Monarda citriodora
Common Name: Lemon Beebalm
Family Name: Lamiaceae  
Annual or perennial herbs or shrubs, the stems square, and foliage often aromatic; leaves opposite, simple; flowers bisexual, mostly irregular, the corolla frequently 2-lipped; fruit splitting into 4 nutlets.
Seed Type Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Nonnative
Category:Wildflower
Flower Color:Pink/Red Violet/Blue
Identified by:M. Becus
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