Wild bergamot |
Wild bergamot |
Monardo fistulosa |
Mint Family - Labiatae |
A compact, dome-shaped flower head has many elongated and tubular mauve to purplish-pink
flowers. Each flower (about 1 inch long) has two lips with two stamens
projecting beyond the upper lip, which has a bearded tip. Leafy bracts below the
flower head may be pink colored. Stem square. Leaves opposite, triangular to
lance-like, stalked and coarsely toothed. (Photographed at Eagle Lake - late July 2003) |
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