Monarda fistulosa var. menthifolia

(Wild Bergamot)

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Monarda fistulosa var. menthifolia, Lory State Park, Larimer Co. 1961

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Monarda fistulosa var. menthifolia, Lory State Park, Larimer Co. 1956

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Monarda fistulosa var. menthifolia, Lory State Park, Larimer Co. 1933

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Monarda fistulosa var. menthifolia, Lory State Park, Larimer Co. 1970

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Monarda fistulosa var. menthifolia, Lory State Park, Larimer Co. 1941

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Monarda fistulosa var. menthifolia, Lory State Park, Larimer Co. 1948

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Monarda fistulosa var. menthifolia, Lory State Park, Larimer Co. 1937

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Monarda fistulosa var. menthifolia, Lory State Park, Larimer Co. 1953

Scientific Name Monarda fistulosa var. menthifolia USDA PLANTS Symbol MOFIM2
Common Name Wild Bergamot, Mintleaf Bergamot ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. 566738
Family Lamiaceae (Mint) SEINet
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Description Life zones and habitat: Foothills to montane (5400 to 8800 ft); moist soils along roadsides, meadows and woodlands; open to shaded areas.
Plant: Perennial subshrub with multiple erect stems 1 to 4 ft. tall, aromatic; stems are mostly un-branched, covered with short pubescent hairs, and sometimes red-tinged.
Leaves: Opposite, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 1-1/4 to 3 inches long and 3/8 to 1-1/4 inches wide; on short petioles less than 3/4-inch long; pubescent or smooth surfaces; edges coarsely serrate or nearly entire.
Inflorescence: Crowded, ball-haped clusters of many lavender to rose (rarely white) flowers; each with funnel-shaped corollas 1 to 1-3/8 inches long, the upper lip helmet-shaped, arched, or straight; stamens included (within the corolla) or somewhat protruding; head subtended by an involucre of leafy, linear, oblong, or ovate bracts that are sometimes reflexed and pink-tinged.
Bloom Period: June to September.
References: "Flora of Colorado" by Jennifer Ackerfield and SEINet.
 BONAP Distribution Map

Monarda fistulosa ssp. fistulosa var. menthifolia

Map Color Key		 Colorado Status:
Native
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