Native Plants
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)
Specimen & Label Data
Monarda citriodora
Horsemint, Lemon Beebalm
Lamiaceae
Location: Beside large ditch on northeast corner of Carriage Square--Oakwell Farms.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Full sun; average moisture; alkaline, alluvial soil.
Description: Annual, 80 cm tall, erect, single stalk, striate, 3-4 mm dia., 4-angled, much branched in upper third, odorous. Leaves long petioled, lanceolate, serrate. Calyx teeth and floral bracts aristate. Corolla white, dotted with purple.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: May 22, 1987
Specimen number: 146
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0331
Accession Date: May 3, 1993
Accession Number: 26
Annotations: SCFRB