| Accepted name: |
Monarda punctata L. var. villicaulis (Pennell) Palmer & Stey. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Monarda punctata L. ssp. punctata var. villicaulis
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| English names: |
Dotted Horsemint
Spotted Horsemint
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HMONPUV
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
In 1920s, cultivated in the USA for obtaining thymol; cultivation abandoned after the synthetical production of thymol. Also ornamental plant in USA and used in folk medicine(1). |
| Key Characters: |
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