PLANTS Profile for Monarda didyma (scarlet beebalm)

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PLANTS Profile

Monarda didyma L.
scarlet beebalm

Symbol:

MODI

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Lamiaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Monarda didyma L.

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Native Status:
Monarda didyma L.


View Distribution	Native Introduced

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CT, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, TN, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV), CAN (NB, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Monarda didyma L.

View 76 genera in Lamiaceae, 18 species in Monarda

Classification:
Monarda didyma L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Lamiales
Family	Lamiaceae – Mint family
Genus	Monarda L. – beebalm
Species	Monarda didyma L. – scarlet beebalm

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Monarda didyma L.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Michigan:
beebalm, oswego tea		Probably Extirpated
New York:
bee-balm		Exploitably Vulnerable

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Monarda didyma L.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

UPL,FAC+

FAC+

FAC

UPL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Monarda didyma L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 32283.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/19/2013 02:29 AM CDT