| Monarda clinopodioides | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Monarda |
| Species: | M. clinopodioides |
| Binomial name | |
| Monarda clinopodioides | |
| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Monarda clinopodioides, common name basil beebalm, is a plant species native to Kansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Texas.[3][4]
Monarda clinopodioides is an annual herb that can exceed 30 cm (12 inches) in height. Leaves are lanceolate to oblong, tapering at both ends, with small hairs and small teeth. Flowers are born in small glomerules (clumps) of pink or purple flowers and green bracts, born in the axils of the upper leaves.[2][5][6][7]
References
- ↑ "Monarda clinopodioides". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden.
- 1 2 Gray, A. 1878. Synoptical Flora of North America 2(1): 375.
- ↑ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Monarda clinopodioides". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team.
- ↑ "Monarda clinopodioides". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
- ↑ Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas i–xv, 1–1881. The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson.
- ↑ McGregor, R. L. Great Plains Flora Association. 1986. Flora of the Great Plains i–vii, 1–1392. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence.
- ↑ Backyard Nature, Jim Conrad's Naturalist Newsletter
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