PLANTS Profile for Monarda citriodora (lemon beebalm)

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PLANTS Profile

Monarda citriodora Cerv. ex Lag.
lemon beebalm

Symbol:

MOCI

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Lamiaceae

Duration:

Annual
Biennial
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Monarda citriodora Cerv. ex Lag.

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Monarda citriodora Cerv. ex Lag.

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Distribution:
Monarda citriodora Cerv. ex Lag.


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Related Taxa:
Monarda citriodora Cerv. ex Lag.

View 76 genera in Lamiaceae, 18 species in Monarda or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Monarda citriodora Cerv. ex Lag. ssp. austromontana (Epling) Scora. . Image Available.

Monarda citriodora ssp. austromontana
lemon beebalm

Distribution of Monarda citriodora Cerv. ex Lag. ssp. citriodora. .

Monarda citriodora ssp. citriodora
lemon beebalm

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Monarda citriodora Cerv. ex Lag.

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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 citriodora Cerv. ex Lag. – lemon beebalm

Wildlife Habitat Values:

Monarda citriodora Cerv. ex Lag.

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Everitt	Low

Wildlife Habitat Values

Everitt, J.H., D.L. Drawe, and R.I. Lonard. 1999. Field guide to the broad leaved herbaceous plants of South Texas used by livestock and wildlife. Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock.

More Accounts and Images:
Monarda citriodora Cerv. ex Lag.

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 32280.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

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.

Time Generated: 05/21/2013 10:01 AM CDT