Plants Profile for Monarda clinopodia (white bergamot)

General Information
Symbol:	MOCL
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Lamiaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	L48 N
Data Source and Documentation

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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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©Thomas G. Barnes. Barnes, T.G., and S.W. Francis. 2004. Wildflowers and ferns of Kentucky. University Press of Kentucky. Usage Requirements.

©Nelson DeBarros. United States. Usage Requirements.

©William S. Justice. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 3: 132. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
MOAL2	Monarda allophylla Michx.
MOFIC	Monarda fistulosa L. var. clinopodia (L.) Cooperr.

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Lamiales
Family	Lamiaceae ⁄ Labiatae – Mint family
Genus	Monarda L. – beebalm
Species	Monarda clinopodia L. – white bergamot

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Threatened and Endangered Information:
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.
New Jersey basil beebalm Endangered
New York basil-balm Endangered

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

North America
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	FACU
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	FACU
Midwest	FACU
Northcentral & Northeast	FACU