Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Monarda citriodora
Monarda citriodora Cerv. ex Lag.
Lemon Beebalm, Purple Horsemint, Lemon Mint, Plains Horsemint, Lemon Horsemint, Horsemint, Purple Lemon Mint
Lamiaceae (Mint Family)
USDA Symbol: MOCIUSDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Monarda citriodora
Purple Horsemint, Lemon Bee-Balm
Lamiaceae
Location: IH-10W at Camp Bullis Rd., S.W. corner.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Gravelly soil, hillside, east exposure. Full sun.
Description: Strongly two-lipped purple flowers dotted with darker spots and subtended by purple bracts on several long stems. Stems square. Aromatic. Annual (biennial)
County: Bexar
Collector: Lottie Millsaps
Collection Date: May 19, 1990
Specimen number: 52
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0058
Accession Date: Apr. 29.1991
Accession Number: 5
Annotations: SCFXB