EcoFlora - Monarda

Monarda
Family: Lamiaceae	VPAP Gleason & Cronquist Resources JANAS 35(2) PLANT: Herbaceous perennials and annuals 15 120 cm tall; stems simple or branching, variously pubescent with simple hairs. LEAVES: petiolate, usually ovate or lanceolate, the margins dentate or serrate. INFLORESCENCE: of 1 6 verticils each subtended by involucre of whorled bracts. FLOWERS: perfect, zygomorphic; calyx tubular, 13 15 veined, the teeth 5, the apices aristate or deltoid; corolla white to pink or purple, bilabiate, the tube longer than the lips, the upper lip galeate, arched, or straight, the lower lip spreading, 3 lobed; stamens 2 (and sometimes 2 staminodes), seated within the throat, often exserted, the anther sacs linear; style exserted; stigma unequally 2 lobed. NUTLETS: ovoid, smooth to somewhat reticulate. REFERENCES: Henry, April M. 2003. Lamiaceae. J. Ariz. - Nev. Acad. Sci. Volume 35(2). Vascular plants of NE US and adjacent Canada Cal tubular, 13-15-nerved, essentially regular, the lobes in our spp. much shorter than the tube; cor strongly bilabiate, the upper lip narrow, entire, straight or curved and often galeate, the lower broader, spreading or deflexed, 3-lobed or with a central projecting tooth; stamens 2, ascending under the upper lip and in most spp. surpassing it; style exsert; erect herbs with lanceolate to ovate lvs and showy fls densely aggregated into head-like clusters terminating the branches or borne also in the upper axils, subtended by foliaceous bracts and mingled with narrow bractlets. 15, N. Amer. Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp. ©The New York Botanical Garden. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Species within checklist: Sycamore Land Trust: Trevlac Bluffs Nature Preserve Monarda allophylla Map not Available Monarda austroappalachiana Map not Available Monarda bartlettii Map not Available Monarda bradburiana Map not Available Monarda brevis Map not Available Monarda ciliata Map not Available Monarda citriodora Map not Available Monarda clinopodia Map not Available Monarda clinopodioides Map not Available Monarda comata Map not Available Monarda didyma Map not Available Monarda dressleri Media not available Map not Available Monarda eplingiana Map not Available Monarda fistulosa Map not Available Monarda fruticulosa Map not Available Monarda humilis Map not Available Monarda lasiodonta Map not Available Monarda lindheimeri Map not Available Monarda luteola Map not Available Monarda maritima Map not Available Monarda nuttallii Map not Available Monarda oblongata Map not Available Monarda pectinata Map not Available Monarda pringlei Map not Available Monarda punctata Map not Available Monarda ramaleyi Map not Available Monarda russeliana Map not Available Monarda stanfieldii Map not Available Monarda stricta Map not Available Monarda varians Map not Available Monarda virgata Map not Available Monarda viridissima Map not Available Monarda x medioides Media not available Map not Available Monarda × media Map not Available