Wildflowers of Southern Arizona
		
		
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	 
		
Beebalm. 
		
Monarda citriodora. 
		
Mint (Lamiaceae) family.
	
	 
		
			Plant: annual herb; 25-70 cm tall; stems usually branching from base or sometimes within the inflorescence Leaves: lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 25-70 mm long, 4-15 mm wide, puberulent, the margins serrate to nearly entire, the petioles 4-20 mm long. INFLORESCENCE: interrupted spikes of 3-6 verticils; bracts reflexed with somewhat ciliate margins Flowers: calyx 8-10 mm long, the orifice bearded, the teeth aristate and 3-5 mm long; corolla 8-12 mm long, white (rarely purplish) Fruit: NUTLETS ovoid, smooth to somewhat reticulate Misc: Oak woodland, chaparral, ponderosa pine, pinyon-juniper.  
				
				
Santa Catalina Mountains.
				
Marshall Gulch
				
Location: Shoulder of road to Marshall Gulch Trail just below gated entry.
				
7/14/15
				
						
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