Monarda Fistulosa
Wild Bergamot; Syns. M. Affinis, M. Altissima, M. Media, M. Oblongata, M. Purpurea, and M. Rugosa; Nat. Ord. Labiatæ.
The Wild Bergamot has a pleasant smell; it has, however, the objectionable property of attracting great numbers of bees and wasps.
Compared with the scarlet M. didyma, the more striking differences are the purple flowers, which are less, and mostly produced in single heads. The bracts are tinted with purple, and they are more bent down the stems; the latter, too, are only half as thick and of a dark brown colour.
For culture and flowering period, see M. Russelliana.