LAMIACEAE

Monarda citriodora

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Monarda citriodora habit.jpg (124882 bytes)

Monarda citriodora inflorescence.jpg (53982 bytes)
habit inflorescence--the flowers are whorled (also called verticillate)
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flowers and bracts--the bracts in this species are the same color as the flowers flowers closeup--lemon mint, like all other mints, has a two-lipped corolla.  Do you see the stigma lobes?

Monarda citriodora whiteflowers.jpg (69780 bytes)

as the weeks progress, lemon mint begins to produce white flowers leaves in Spring, before the inflorescences have formed

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