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Horsemint
Monarda punctata |
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| Family |
Mint (Labiatae) |
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| Bloom |
Summer, Fall |
| Habitat |
Dunes, meadows, sandy soil |
| Status |
Native |
| Cycle |
Perennial |
| Height |
1-3' |
| Flower |
A ring or whorl of yellow,
2-lipped flowers spotted with purple emerging from a tubed, green calyx
above another ring of whitish bracts. There is usually more than one
ring of flowers per stem. The upper lip of each flower is strongly
arched. |
| Leaf |
Leaves are 1-3" long, narrow,
and somewhat fuzzy. They occur in pairs with another pair of smaller
leaves at their base. |
| Notes |
Stems are erect,
square in cross section and covered with fine fuzz. |
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