Lavender Pink Bee Balm Wild Bergamot
by Karon Melillo DeVega
Title
Lavender Pink Bee Balm Wild Bergamot
Artist
Karon Melillo DeVega
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Photograph - Photograph
Description
The deep corolla tube makes the Lavender Bergamot a very attractive plant for insects with longer proboscises. Butterflies and Bees love Monarda, too.
Monarda Bergamot, commonly called Bee Balm is a member of the Mint Family, Lamiaceae.
Native to Montana, this wild flower was photographed in Lake County near Mission Creek in July 2013 and can be found in many-flowered clusters of plants 18-36 inches tall in showy displays starting in late spring or early summer.
These beautiful flowers have two distinct lips. The lower lip is broad, and above it is a straight narrower lip, almost tubular, beyond which the stamens and pistil slightly extend. The upper lip is downy and hairy. The corolla tube is pubescent.
The leaves are opposing, borne on petioles that are up to 1.25 inches long. The stem and petioles are green and smooth with a few small hairs on the upper petiole surface and leaf edge. The leaves are shallowly toothed, up to 5-6 inches long.
Canon EOS 50D
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July 12th, 2013
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