![]() His book on North American plants was translated into English in 1577. Interestingly, for the amount of knowledge he developed about new world plants, he never actually visited North America but had his people bring them back to his gardens in Spain. He tried to keep the new plants’ native names when “renaming” them. ![]() Monardes wrote the book Joyful News – Botany of the New World (North America). Nicolas Monardes of Seville Spain (DOB was 1493 – 1588) (Bremness, 1994). The Monarda plant was named for the Spanish physician and botanist Dr. didyma is used for similar purposes, probably because it’s more abundant. fistulosa and so that’s the one I’ve used. But I know in the east, M. didyma and Monarda fistulosa can be used interchangeably. Each name has a very good reason why it was used: Bee balm, since the bees love it bergamot due to its aroma, which is reminiscent of the bergamot orange Oswego tea because Native American people in the Oswego, NY region used it for teas.įrom my experience, the M. In addition to bee balm, Monarda, bergamot, and Oswego tea are some of the common names of Monarda didyma. ![]() One or more of them are found nearly everywhere in North America (USDA). fistulosa are two of the most popular species among the seventeen species and over fifty cultivars of the plant. Bee balm is the common name of both Monarda didyma, which has red flowers, or Monarda fistulosa, which can have lavender, pink, or white flowers.
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