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Monarda

Beebalm, Bee balm, Bergamot, Horesemint, Oswego Tea

Close-up of pale pink flowers in a dense head-like cluster.

Close-up of pale pink flowers in a dense head-like cluster.

A clump of pink-flowered plants.

A clump of pink-flowered plants.

Red tubular flowers borne in terminal heads.

Red tubular flowers borne in terminal heads.

Close-up on honeybee on the flowers

Close-up on honeybee on the flowers

Leaves borne in the opposite decussate arrangement.

Leaves borne in the opposite decussate arrangement.

close-up of dense whorls of pink flowers.

close-up of dense whorls of pink flowers.

10 Cultivars/Varieties

Monarda punctata

Bee Balm, Dotted Beebalm, Eastern Horsemint, Horsemint, Spotted Beebalm, Spotted Horsemint

pink bracts subtending whorls of densely packed buds.

pink bracts subtending whorls of densely packed buds.

Inflorescences of pink bracts subtending pale yellow flowers.

Inflorescences of pink bracts subtending pale yellow flowers.

pink bracts subtending pale yellow, violet-speckled flowers.

pink bracts subtending pale yellow, violet-speckled flowers.

pink bracts subtending pale yellow, violet-speckled flowers.

pink bracts subtending pale yellow, violet-speckled flowers.

Close-up on yellow, 2-lipped flowers with violet spots.

Close-up on yellow, 2-lipped flowers with violet spots.

Butterfly on flowers borne in whorls on vertical stems.

Butterfly on flowers borne in whorls on vertical stems.