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MINTLEAF BEEBALM 



Monar'da menthaefo'lia, syn. M. stric'ta 



Flowers reddish purple to bluish, in terminal 

 clusters (heads) 



Bracts at base of flower cluster; outer bracts 

 leaflike, frequently purplish; inner bracts linear, 

 stiff 



Outer united flower parts (calyx) tubular, 

 white- or purple-hairy in the throat, 15-ribbed, 

 with 5, nearly equal, bristlelike teeth 



Threadlike stalk (style) tipping seed-produc- 

 ing organ (ovary), protruding 



Stamens 2, protruding 





United petals (corolla) much exceeding the 

 calyx, hairy on the outside, strongly 2-lipped; 

 upper lip narrow; lower lip broad, 3 lobed 



Stems tufted, erect, up to 40 in. high, un- 

 branched or sometimes branched above, square 

 in cross section, usually purplish 



Leaves opposite, egg-shaped to lance-shaped, 

 pointed, up to 3K in. long, saw-toothed or dis- 

 tantly toothed, short-stalked, velvety to the 

 touch (especially beneath), gland-dotted, lower 

 leaves often heart-shaped at base 



Roots fibrous, from perennial, running root- 

 stocks 



