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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: MOCI
USDA 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

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