Monarda fistulosa - Wild bergamot

Wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) is a perennial herb of dry thickets and woodland edges across cold semi-arid North American prairie country, its aromatic leaves eaten as a potherb and brewed as tea, and long used medicinally.

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 4¹
• Hardiness zone 5¹
• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Full sun¹
• Well drained soil¹
• Moist soil¹

Outputs

• Human food¹
• Medicinal use¹

Type

• Herb
• Perennial

Footnotes

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