814 



Labiatae 



Monarda 



50 



Map 1763 



Salvia sylvestns L. 



o 50 



Map 1764 



Monarda Bradbunana Beck 



it still persisted there. In 1936 Ralph M. Kriebel found it as a common 

 weed along State Road 37 near Waverly, Morgan County. He informed 

 me it was well established in an adjacent field also. J. E. Potzger told 

 me that he had observed it as a common weed at the same place for 

 several years. 



Native of Eurasia. 



7296. MONARDA L. Beebalm 



Calyx lobes generally 2.5-3 mm long; leaves sessile or nearly so.. . . 1. M. Bradburiana. 

 Calyx lobes generally less than 2.5 mm long. 



Flower clusters on long, terminal peduncles (rarely some clusters from the upper 

 axils, these on long peduncles); anthers exserted; leaves petiolate. 

 Calyx without hairs in the throat; corolla bright red, showy. (See excluded species 



no. 537, p. 1085) M. didyma. 



Calyx with hairs in the throat; corolla white, yellowish white or purplish. 



Corolla white or yellowish white; stems generally simple, not branched; flower- 

 ing mostly in June 2. M. clinopodia. 



Corolla purplish; stems branched, rarely simple; flowering mostly in July or 

 later. 



Stem crisp-pubescent and more or less villous-hirsute 3. M. fistulosa. 



Stem crisp-puberulent only 3a. M. fistulosa var. moUis. 



Flower clusters all axillary; anthers not exserted 4. M. punctata var. villicaulis. 



1. Monarda Bradburiana Beck. Map 1764. A very rare plant in this 

 state and probably confused with other species. Our older manuals did 

 not recognize Monarda clinopodia and when the flowers lose their color, 

 the species are separated with difficulty. It has been reported from Clark, 

 Franklin, Jefferson, and Putnam Counties, for the area of Delaware, 

 Jay, Randolph, and Wayne Counties, and for the area of the Lower 

 Wabash Valley. All of these reports were made before 1886. Schneck, 

 in 1872, says for the Lower Wabash Valley: Open woods and fence-rows, 

 common. 1 have it from clayey roadsides and dry wooded slopes from 

 Knox and Posey Counties. 



Ind. to Kans., southw. to Ala., Tenn., and Ark. 



