| 0 | Ames 35902 | Towee Recreation Area | Monarda austroappalachiana Floden | Tennessee, United States | NC7 |  | Not Available | 2022 | COLLECTED | 07/18/2022 | Cherokee National Forest adjacent to Hiwassee River along Powerhouse Road between Cane Island and Powerhouse Recreation Area just east of Reliance approximately 3.00 miles | 35.19573000, -84.45541000 | 249 | Site 1 southwestern-facing road bank along river with the cut-bank being densely vegetated and floristically diverse. Site 2 west-facing road bank on both sides of a densely vegetated, large, rocky bluff. | Wild material | Described by Aaron Floden (2015) as an erect perennial (30-50 cm tall) with a strong Oregano (thymol) scent, minute retrorse to spreading trichomes at internodes and large, emaculate, white corollas. Typically flowers in late May into early June, which is earlier than both M. fistulosa and M. clinopodia where sympatric. Species is endemic to the Southern Appalachians (northern Georgia, southwest North Carolina, and southeast Tennessee) and limited to calcareous phyllite and limestone, glade-like/talus slope habitats. | 2138299 | Ames 35902 |
| 1 | Ames 35542 | Prentice Cooper WMA | Monarda austroappalachiana Floden | Tennessee, United States | NC7 |  | Not Available | 2020 | COLLECTED | 07/24/2020 | Near Prentice Cooper Wildlife Management Area located approximately 11.40 miles east, southeast of Sequatchie just off Mullins Cove Road, Marion County | 35.06850000, -85.40120000 | 225 | Predominately hardwood forest with a mixed understory. Early stages of a successional regrowth indicate evidence of possible previous prescribed fire. Very few pines in localized areas throughout the forest. Road side banks appear to be mowed annually. | Wild material | Described by Aaron Floden (2015) as an erect perennial (30-50 cm tall) with a strong Oregano (thymol) scent, minute retrorse to spreading trichomes at internodes and large, emaculate, white corollas. Typically flowers in late May into early June, which is earlier than both M. fistulosa and M. clinopodia where sympatric. Species is endemic to the Southern Appalachians (northern Georgia, southwest North Carolina, and southeast Tennessee) and limited to calcareous phyllite and limestone, glade-like/talus slope habitats. This population in nature when observed on 19 June (2020) resulted in only finding one specimen remaining in flower. Estimated peak flower was approximately 01 June (2020). | 2106721 | Ames 35542 |
| 2 | Ames 35226 | Ocoee Gorge | Monarda austroappalachiana Floden | Tennessee, United States | NC7 |  | | 2019 | COLLECTED | 09/12/2019 | Located just east of Lake Ocoee along highway 74 approximately 9.8 miles east, southeast of Ocoee, Polk County | 35.09659000, -84.54762000 | 269 | Steep (some vertical) rocky cliffs and bluffs, predominately shale. | Wild material | Described by Aaron Floden (2015) as an erect perennial (30-50 cm tall) with a strong Oregano (thymol) scent, minute retrorse to spreading trichomes at internodes and large, emaculate, white corollas. Typically flowers in late May into early June, which is earlier than both M. fistulosa and M. clinopodia where sympatric. Species is endemic to the Southern Appalachians (northern Georgia, southwest North Carolina, and southeast Tennessee) and limited to calcareous phyllite and limestone, glade-like/talus slope habitats. | 2097762 | Ames 35226 |