24 September, 2010

Monarda fistulosa

This is one of my favorite blooms that occurs mid-late summer.  Wild Bergamot is a lavender, mint family wildflower.  This one was blooming near the Howell Station Prairie trail below the dam of Lake Red Rock.  They attract bees and butterflys and grow in prairies and woodland margins that are fairly well drained. 

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