| 0 | NSL 440017 | Southern Iowa Eco-zone Germplasm | Monarda fistulosa L. | Iowa, United States | NC7 | | | 2005 | COLLECTED | 1995 | Numerous samples originally acquired from native prairie remnants within the southern section of three tiers of counties located in Iowa. A total of 16 sites were sampled representing 10 counties including Appanoose (5 sites), Cass, Clarke, Jefferson, Lucas, Monarie, Page (2 sites), Ringgold, Van Buren (2 sites), and Wayne. | | | | Wild material | Wild bergamot is a native, perennial forb that grows 2-5 ft tall. The stems are square, branched or unbranched, smooth and somewhat hairy toward the top. The leaves on short petioles are opposite; each pair is at right angles to the adjacent pair. Individual leaves are somewhat oval in shape, 2.5 x 1 in, but narrowed and pointed toward the tip. Margins are unevenly toothed. Both leaves and stems have a minty aroma and a gray-green color that may be tinged with purple. The root system is a clump of fibrous rootlets and rhizomes. Flowers are slender pink to lavender tubes, each with a distinct lip or tube. Fruits are 4 nutlets, 1/32 in in diameter, enclosed by a persistent calyx. Uses include roadside and wildlife plantings, prairie creations and restorations, landscaping, and for increasing plant diversity in prairie communities. This Southern Iowa Eco-zone Germplasm represents materials collected in remnant prairies from the southern one-third of counties in Iowa. Materials were then regenerated by bulking samples at the University of Northern Iowa Tallgrass Prairie Center, Cedar Falls, IA where plots were separated via distance of circa 1,500 feet from other M. fistulosa plots. Germplasm was regenerated again at the USDA Elsberry Plant Materails Center in Elsberry, MO following the same isolation protocol of 1,500 feet. | 1695064 | NSL 440017 |