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Monarda punctata

 

     Horsemint

Lamiaceae

 

 

 

 

 

Fruits.

  Fruit Type:  Nutlet surrounded by calyx

  Fruiting Period:  Oct

  Flowering Period:  Jul - Oct

      

 

 
Seeds.

  Color:  Brown

  Size:  1 x 2 mm

  Shape:  Angular

  Surface Features:  Granular

  Scarification:  Not required

  Stratification:  Not required

 

 

Seedlings.

  Cotyledons:  Round with entire margins

  Leaf arrangement:  Opposite

  Leaves:  Simple, triangular, petiole, serrated, prominent midvein

  Other:  Square stem; mint odor when crushed