Monarda lindheimeri Engelm. & A. Gray ex A. Gray
Lindheimer's beebalm, Lindheimer beebalm
Lamiaceae (Mint Family)
USDA Symbol: moli2
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Monarda lindheimeri Engelm. & A. Gray ex A. Gray
Lindheimer's beebalm, Lindheimer beebalm
Lamiaceae (Mint Family)
USDA Symbol: moli2
Linnaeus named the genus Monarda in honor of a 16th century Spanish physician and botanist, Nicolas Bautista Monardes (1493-1588). Monardes never went to the Americas but was able to study medicinal plants in Spain because Spain controlled navigation and commerce from the New World.
This species is named after Ferdinand Jacob Lindheimer (1801-1879) who is often called the Father of Texas Botany because of his work as the first permanent-resident plant collector in Texas. In 1834 Lindheimer immigrated to the United States as a political refugee. He spent from 1843-1852 collecting specimens in Texas. In 1844 he settled in New Braunfels, Texas, and was granted land on the banks of the Comal River, where he continued his plant collecting and attempted to establish a botanical garden. He shar